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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817110903321

Autore

Rubin Gerry R. <1948->

Titolo

Private property, government requisition and the Constitution, 1914-1927 / / G.R. Rubin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Rio Grande, Ohio : , : The Hambledon Press, , 1994

ISBN

1-4411-9109-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Disciplina

343.41/0252

344.103252

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Law and legislation - Great Britain

World War, 1914-1918 - Confiscations and contributions - Great Britain

Requisitions, Military - Great Britain - History

Eminent domain - Great Britain - History

Compensation (Law) - Great Britain - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-256) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 Too Important to Leave to the Generals?; 2 No Expropriation without Compensation; 3 DORA, the Lady of Doubtful Legality; 4 Those Magnificent Men and Shoreham Aerodrome; 5 The Departments Bluffed with Confidence; 6 At De Keyser''s Hotel; 7 The Cannon Brewery Explodes; 8 Newcastle Rum; 9 The Pulses of the Nation; 10 HMT 39BBB; 11 Lord Rosebery and a Gang of Inefficient Swankers; 12 Compensation as Usual?; 13 The Scrapping of English Constitutional Law since the War?; 14 What Did You Salvage from the Great War, Daddy?; 15 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C

DE; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

<i>Private Property, Government Requisition and the Constitution,  1914-1927</i> 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.