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Evading Parliamentary Control of Government Spending: Some Early Case-Studies
John Waugh
Melbourne Law School
Public Law Review, Vol. 9, p. 28, 2008
U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 358
Abstract:
Governments of the past showed great ingenuity, and sometimes effrontery, in devising ways to spend their money without the authority of parliament. In doing so, they worked within a legal framework that has changed surprisingly little. What they did forms an important part of the background to the more recent law of government finance in Australia. This article explores early techniques for evading parliamentary control in New South Wales and Victoria, and makes some modern comparisons.
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John Waugh
Melbourne Law School
Public Law Review, Vol. 9, p. 28, 2008
U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 358
Abstract:
Governments of the past showed great ingenuity, and sometimes effrontery, in devising ways to spend their money without the authority of parliament. In doing so, they worked within a legal framework that has changed surprisingly little. What they did forms an important part of the background to the more recent law of government finance in Australia. This article explores early techniques for evading parliamentary control in New South Wales and Victoria, and makes some modern comparisons.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID1262688_code254274.pdf?abstractid=1262688&mirid=1