The House Of Lords
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Author |
: Ishion Hutchinson |
Publisher |
: Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Total Pages |
: 97 |
Release |
: 2016-09-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780374714543 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0374714541 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis House of Lords and Commons by : Ishion Hutchinson
A stunning collection that traverses the borders of culture and time, from the 2011 winner of the PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award In House of Lords and Commons, the revelatory and vital new collection of poems from the winner of the 2013 Whiting Writers’ Award in poetry, Ishion Hutchinson returns to the difficult beauty of the Jamaican landscape with remarkable lyric precision. Here, the poet holds his world in full focus but at an astonishing angle: from the violence of the seventeenth-century English Civil War as refracted through a mythic sea wanderer, right down to the dark interior of love. These poems arrange the contemporary continuum of home and abroad into a wonderment of cracked narrative sequences and tumultuous personae. With ears tuned to the vernacular, the collection vividly binds us to what is terrifying about happiness, loss, and the lure of the sea. House of Lords and Commons testifies to the particular courage it takes to wade unsettled, uncertain, and unfettered in the wake of our shared human experience.
Author |
: Philip Rosenberg |
Publisher |
: Harper |
Total Pages |
: 494 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0060194154 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780060194154 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis House of Lords by : Philip Rosenberg
The corruption of Jeffrey Blaine begins on the night of his daughter's eighteenth birthday party. That so many of the city's elite have gathered to pay tribute to this man's teenage daughter is testament to his stature as one of New York's most powerful financiers. Yet Blaine himself is bored, chafing, hungry for a fresh new challenge. While the party is in full swing, an underage woman gets drunk and then is raped by one of Blaine's guests. In the confusion that follows, Blaine agrees not to call the police. His complicity is witnessed by a notorious gossip columnist -- making him vulnerable to a scandal that could destroy him. Enter Chet Fiore, a young man of shadowy provenance who arrives at the party and immediately sets things in order. Where did he come from? Why is he there? Blaine doesn't know. But Fiore's grace under pressure commands Blaine's attention; and what he eventually learns about Fiore -- that he is a rising figure in organized crime -- both terrifies and energizes him. Fiore reappears early the next morning at Blaine's country house and assures him there won't be a scandal. The gossip columnist "has been taken care of." It won't be long before Blaine learns what Fiore wants in exchange for making the problem go away. Jeffrey Blaine's straight-arrow life will never be the same. In one sense, he is being blackmailed; in another, Chet Fiore is exactly what Jeffrey Blaine has been looking for. The tempestuous relationship between these two powerful men will take several unexpected detours in what turns out to be a deadly dance of money and corruption that pits organized crime against the glittering world of high society and Wall Street finance.
Author |
: Ruth Paley |
Publisher |
: Boydell Press |
Total Pages |
: 394 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1843835762 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781843835769 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis Honour, Interest & Power by : Ruth Paley
Condemned as 'useless and dangerous', the House of Lords was abolished in the revolution of 1649, shortly after the execution of the King. When it was reinstated, along with the monarchy, as part of the Restoration of 1660, the House entered into one of the most turbulent and dramatic periods in its history. Over the next half century or more, the Lords were the stage on which some of the critical confrontations in English and British constitutional and political history were played out: the battles over the exclusion from the throne of the later James II; the key debates over the 'abdication' of William III; the many struggles over the Act of Union with Scotland. This highly illustrated book presents the first results from the research undertaken by the History of Parliament Trust on the peers and bishops between the Restoration and the accession of George I. It shows them as politicians at Westminster, engaging with the central arguments of the day, but also using Parliament to pursue their own projects; as members of an elite intensely conscious of their status and determined to defend their honour against commoners, Irish peers and each other; as a class apart, always active in devising new schemes - successful and unsuccessful - to increase their wealth and 'interest'; and as local grandees, to whom local society looked for leadership and protection. From the proud Duke of Somerset to the beggarly Lord Mohun, from the devious Earl of Oxford to the disgruntled Lord Lucas, the material here presents an initial impression of the nature of the Restoration House of Lords and the men who formed it, showing them in their best moments, when they vigorously defended the law and the constitution, and in their worst, as they obsessively concerned themselves with honour and precedence and indefatigably pursued private interests. Edited by Ruth Paley and Paul Seaward, with Beverly Adams, Robin Eagles, Stuart Handley and Charles Littleton
Author |
: John Enoch Powell |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 1968 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:251811859 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis The House of Lords in the Middle Ages by : John Enoch Powell
Author |
: Thomas Erskine May |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 520 |
Release |
: 1844 |
ISBN-10 |
: KBNL:KBNL03000114928 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Treatise Upon the Law, Privileges, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament by : Thomas Erskine May
Author |
: Emma Crewe |
Publisher |
: Manchester University Press |
Total Pages |
: 276 |
Release |
: 2005-11-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0719072077 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780719072079 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lords of Parliament by : Emma Crewe
This work marks the first time a researcher has had largely unlimited access, and every significant aspect of the Upper Chamber has been scrutinized. The result is a unique portrait, packed with the unexpected, of a surprising institution which is becoming increasingly influential. Meticulous scholarship is combined with clarity in explanation to produce a work that helps to bridge the gap between anthropology and political science.
Author |
: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords |
Publisher |
: The Stationery Office |
Total Pages |
: 56 |
Release |
: 2005-05-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0104007087 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780104007082 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Standing Orders of the House of Lords Relating to Public Business [2005] by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords
This publication contains the Standing Orders of the House of Lords which set out information on the procedure and working of the House, under a range of headings including: Lords and the manner of their introduction; excepted hereditary peers; the Speaker; general observances; debates; arrangement of business; bills; divisions; committees; parliamentary papers; public petitions; privilege; making or suspending of Standing Orders.
Author |
: P. Dorey |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 253 |
Release |
: 2011-04-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780230306929 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0230306926 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis House of Lords Reform Since 1911 by : P. Dorey
Examines the debates and developments about House of Lords reform since 1911, and notes that disagreements have occurred within, as well as between, the main political parties and governments throughout this time. It draws attention to how various proposals for reform have raised a wider range constitutional and political problems.
Author |
: Meg Russell |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages |
: 368 |
Release |
: 2000 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0198298315 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780198298311 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Reforming the House of Lords by : Meg Russell
'Meg Russell's book is a valuable contribution to the debate on the further stages of House of Lords reform. It is always useful to gain a greater understanding from the experience of other countries.' -Baroness Jay, Leader of the House of Lords'The debate on the future of the House of Lords has so far been insular and backward-looking. Meg Russell provides and overdue and authoritative corrective in showing the lessons to be learnt from second chamber overseas in the balanced, analytical and highly readable manner that the Constitution Unit has made its trademark. She outlines how an independent and distinctive second chamber could form a central part of the developing constitutional settlement, complementing but not threatening the Commons.' -Peter Riddell, The Times'An excellent addition to the comparative literature on bicameralism which will be of great use to those interested in parliaments, parliamentary reform and comparative government generally' -Campbell Sharman, University of Western Australia'excellent new survey' -The Guardian'Ms Russell's thorough book goes straight to the heart of the hardest questions and gives a sober, efficient account of what is to be said on each side... sound, sensible, and well-researched study.' -Michael Fry, Glasgow Herald, 24/2/00'Russell should be thanked for a valuable, laborious and exhaustive study carried out in a fair and honest spirit... provides a thorough professional exercise... shrewd political judgments.' -John Vincent, LRB, 16/3/00The constitution of Britain is changing rapidly, and the House of Lords is next on the agenda for reform. This book provides an international context, using material as yet unpublished in the UK. What can we learn from the appointed Canadian Senate, the elected Australian Senate, the German federal Bundesrat, or our other European neighbours.
Author |
: Emma Crewe |
Publisher |
: Haus Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 54 |
Release |
: 2015-05-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781910376270 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1910376272 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis Commons and Lords by : Emma Crewe
The British Parliament rewards close scrutiny not just for the sake of democracy, but also because the surprises it contains challenge our understanding of British politics. Commons and Lords pulls back the curtain on both the upper House of Lords and the lower House of Commons to examine their unexpected inner workings. Based on fieldwork within both Houses, this volume in the Haus Curiosities series provides a surprising twist in how relationships in each play out. The high social status of peers in the House of Lords gives the impression of hierarchy and, more specifically, patriarchy. In contrast, the House of Commons conjures impressions of equality and fairness between members. But actual observation reveals the opposite: while the House of Lords has an egalitarian and cooperative ethos that is also supportive of female members, the competitive and aggressive House of Commons is a far less comfortable place for women. Offering many surprises and secrets, this book exposes the sheer oddity of the British parliament system.