Against the profit motive :: the salary revolution in American government, 1780-1940 /

In America today, a public official's lawful income consists of a salary. But until a century ago, the law frequently authorized officials to make money on a profit-seeking basis. Prosecutors won a fee for each defendatn convicted. Tax collectors received a cut of each evasion incovered. Naval...

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1. Verfasser: Parrillo, Nicholas R.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.
Schriftenreihe:Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference.
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Zusammenfassung:In America today, a public official's lawful income consists of a salary. But until a century ago, the law frequently authorized officials to make money on a profit-seeking basis. Prosecutors won a fee for each defendatn convicted. Tax collectors received a cut of each evasion incovered. Naval officers took a reward for each ship sunk. The list goes on. This book documents the American government's 'for profit' past, to discover how profit-seeking defined officials' relationshp to the citizenry and to explain how lawmakers - by banishing the profit motive in favour of the salary - transformed that relationship forever.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0300187300
9780300187304
1299975550
9781299975552

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