Public Finance and Parliamentary Constitutionalism analyses constitutionalism and public finance (tax, expenditure, audit, sovereign borrowing and monetary finance) in Anglophone parliamentary systems of government. The book surveys the history of public finance law in the UK, its export...

"This book examines the evolution of fiscal capacity in the context of colonial state formation and the changing world order between 1850 and 1960. Until the early nineteenth century, European colonial control over Asia and Africa was largely confined to coastal and island settlements, which...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1 The Founders, Finance, and Us (2012) -- 2 Riot, Regulate, Occupy (1765–1771) -- 3 Two Revolutions? (1771–1776) -- 4 Conceived in War Debt (1776–1783) -- 5 History on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1913–2012) -- 6 An Existential Interpretation of the...

Modern political culture features a deep-seated faith in the power of numbers to find answers, settle disputes, and explain how the world works. Whether evaluating economic trends, measuring the success of institutions, or divining public opinion, we are told that numbers don’t lie. But...