The Case Stated of the Jurisdiction of the House of Lords in the...
The House of Lords Is Allowed to Initiate Tax Legislation [Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron (1599-1680)]. The Case Stated of the Jurisdiction of the House of Lords in the Point of Impositions. London: S.n., 1676. [ii], 114 pp. Octavo (6" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, speckled edges. Light rubbing and shallow scuffing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners, front hinge cracked, front free endpaper lacking, crack in text block between p.114 and rear free endpaper. Light toning to interior, light foxing and soiling in places, corner folds to several leaves, some wear to fore-edges of title page, lower corners lacking from final text leaf (pp. 113-114) and rear free endpaper, title page partially detached and moderately edgeworn along gutter. $450. * Only edition. This essay, a constitutional argument over the right to impose taxes, disputes a recent claim that all laws of that nature must originate in the House of Commons. More broadly, it reflects the power struggle between two houses during the seventeenth century that resulted in the dominance of the House of Commons. Holles, an English statesman and writer, had a long and varied career that spanned the Civil War, Commonwealth and Restoration periods. He is best known as one of the "Five Members" whose attempted unconstitutional arrest by King Charles I in the House of Commons of England in 1642 sparked the Civil War. OCLC locates 7 copies in North American law libraries (Columbia, Harvard, Library of Congress, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Pennsylvania, University of Washington). English Short-Title Catalogue R20018.
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