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British Origins and American Practice of Impeachment

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British Origins and American Practice of Impeachment - Monaghan, Chris (Editor), and Flinders, Matthew (Editor)
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"This collection brings together historians, political scientists and legal scholars to explore the Anglo-American origins of impeachment and its use in the USA. Impeachment originated in England during the Good Parliament of 1376. It was used, subject to several periods of disuse, until the beginning of the 19th century. The British form of impeachment in turn inspired the drafters of the US Constitution and the inclusion of a mechanism permitting the removal of members of the federal executive and federal judiciary. These ...

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British Origins and American Practice of Impeachment 2023, Routledge, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9781032187259

Hardcover