The Mechanics of Law Making

Download or read book The Mechanics of Law Making written by Courtenay Ilbert and published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ilbert, Courtenay. The Mechanics of Law Making. New York: Columbia University Press, 1914. viii, 209 pp. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-047156. ISBN 1-58477-044-9. Cloth. $70. * Text of a series of lectures delivered in October 1913 at Columbia University on judicial presence, English legislation and statutes, aspects of law drafting and codification. Ilbert also provides an example of the workings of the legislative process in his discussion of the origin and functions of the Parliamentary Counsel's office in England. Ilbert was the clerk of the House of Commons.