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Private Property, Government Requisition and the Constitution, 1914-27

By G. R. Rubin

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year
2003
ISBN
9781441191090, 9781852850982
LCC
KD5118.2 -- .R83 1994eb
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15949811 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
276\276
Time added
2023-08-06 07:03:41
1914-1918 -- Confiscations and contributions -- Gr1914-1918 -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.Military -- Great Britain -- History. ; Eminent doWorld War

Description

"Private Property, Government Requisition and the Constitution, 1914-1927" ranges widely over different types of property, including aerodromes, ships, hotels, pubs, alcoholic drinks and foodstuffs, the history of whose requisition by the wartime state is carefully documented. It shows how the state, in this as in many areas, was forced to act by immediate pressures, often improvising rights over areas of life previously outside the power of government; by doing so it documents a key stage in the growth of centralised power in modern Britain.

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