Against the profit motive: the salary revolution in American government, 1780 - 1940
In: Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference
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In: Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference
In: Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference
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.
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In: Yale Law & Economics Research Paper
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In: C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State Research Paper No. 20-17 Supplement
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In: Administrative Law Review, Volume 71, p. 57-125
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In: North Carolina Law Review, Volume 97, p. 899-932
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In: Harvard Law Review, Volume 131, Pages 685-794 (2018)
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In: Published in "Administrative Law From the Inside Out: Essays on Themes in the Work of Jerry L. Mashaw," ed. Nicholas R. Parrillo (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017)
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