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

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Parrillo, Nicholas R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.
Colección:Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference.
Temas:
Fees, Administrative > United States > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Employees > Salaries, etc.
Fees, Administrative
United States > Officials and employees > Salaries, etc. > History.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The old regime : lawful bargaining for public services
  • Bargaining outlawed
  • A regulatory nightmare : salaries as a remedy for corrupt exchange and official lucre
  • A government capable of saying "no" : salaries as a reaction against customer service
  • State and local taxation : the tax ferrets
  • Federal taxation : the moiety men
  • Criminal prosecution : cash for convictions
  • Incarceration : jailors' fees and penitentiary profits
  • Naval warfare : prize money and blood money
  • Epilogue : American state-building and the critique of bureaucracy.

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