Private Property, Government Requisition and the Constitution... - 9781852850982
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Private Property, Government Requisition and the Constitution, 1914-27 Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Author(s): G. R. Rubin Format: Hardback Language: English Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom Imprint: Hambledon Continuum ISBN-13: 9781852850982, 978-1852850982 Synopsis Private Property, Government Requisition and the Constitution, [tel] 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.
