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Cover -- Half-Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- 1 Parliamentary Government: the Rise of a Concept -- 2 The Parliamentarisation of Representative Governments -- 2.1 Waves of parliamentarisation of the executive -- 2.2 Parliamentarisation via the constitutional weapons of parliament -- 2.3 Parliamentarisation and democratisation: the struggle for universal suffrage and its impact on parliamentary government -- 2.4 The parliamentary system and constitutional engineering -- 2.5 Parliamentary government by the constituent power of the people -- 3 The Organisational Basis of Parliamentary Sovereignty -- 3.1 Organisational autonomy -- 3.2 Non-hierarchical parliament -- 3.3 Non-hierarchical relations in two-chamber systems -- 3.4 Social equality among deputies and economic independence -- 3.5 The rise of a new hierarchy in parliamentary work: plenary and committee work -- 3.6 The steering function of parliamentary groups -- 4 Functions of Parliaments -- 4.1 Representation and articulation of interests -- 4.2 Controlling functions -- 4.3 The legislative function -- 4.4 The recruitment function -- 5 The Role of the Head of State in Relation to Parliament and Government -- 5.1 The creation of a head of state -- 5.2 Cohabitation of presidential and parliamentary majorities in semipresidential systems -- 5.3 Functions of the head of state in legislation -- 5.4 Functions in government building -- 5.5 Indications for government formation -- 5.6 The process of consultation on government formation -- 5.7 The head of state and the routine business of government -- 5.8 The head of the state and the end of government -- 5.9 Dissolution of parliament by decree of the head of state -- 6 The Government and Parliamentary Majority -- 6.1 Cabinet solidarity.

Cover -- TAX GUIDE 2000-2001 -- Contents -- Preface by Sir Mark Weinberg -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 This year's tax changes -- 2 The basis of your tax liability -- 3 Personal reliefs -- 4 Annual payments and interest -- 5 Computing your income tax bill -- 6 Husband, wife and children -- 7 Income from land and property -- 8 Income from dividends and interest -- 9 Life assurance -- 10 Income from employments and PAYE -- 11 Income from businesses and professions -- 12 Partnerships -- 13 Companies -- 14 Pensions -- 15 Miscellaneous aspects -- 16 Returns, assessments and repayment claims -- 17 Domicile and residence -- 18 Tax on foreign income -- 19 Non-residents, visitors and immigrants -- 20 Capital gains tax -- 21 The taxation of trusts and estates -- 22 Inheritance tax -- 23 An outline of VAT -- 24 Stamp duty -- 25 Social security -- 26 Tax saving hints -- 27 Tax Tables -- Glossary -- Index.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Reference Key to Kierkegaard's Texts -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Illusion and Satire: Climacus as Satirist -- 3 Moral Perfectionism and Exemplars -- 4 Climacus as Humorist -- 5 The Comic and the Existence-Spheres -- 6 Imagination, 'Transforming Vision' and the Comic -- 7 The Legitimacy of the Comic -- 8 Irony and the Subjective Thinker -- 9 Humour, Religion and the Virtues -- Notes and References -- Bibliography -- Index.

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