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Against the Profit Motive (Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference)

Nicholas R. Parrillo

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Description: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 defendant convicted. Tax collectors received a cut of each evasion uncovered. Naval officers took a reward for each ship sunk. The list goes on. This book is the first to document American government's "for-profit" past, to discover how profit-seeking defined officials' relationship to the citizenry, and to explain how lawmakers-by banishing the profit motive in favor of the salary-transformed that relationship forever.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Against the Profit Motive (Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference). To get started finding Against the Profit Motive (Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 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 defendant convicted. Tax collectors received a cut of each evasion uncovered. Naval officers took a reward for each ship sunk. The list goes on. This book is the first to document American government's "for-profit" past, to discover how profit-seeking defined officials' relationship to the citizenry, and to explain how lawmakers-by banishing the profit motive in favor of the salary-transformed that relationship forever.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Against the Profit Motive (Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference). To get started finding Against the Profit Motive (Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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