TY  - BOOK
AU  - Parrillo,Nicholas R.
TI  - Against the profit motive: the salary revolution in American government, 1780-1940 
T2  - Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference
SN  - 9780300187304
AV  - JK776 .P37 2014
U1  - 331.2813517309034 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Fees, Administrative
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Industry
KW  - ukslc
KW  - United States of America, USA
KW  - thema
KW  - Public administration
KW  - Legal history
KW  - Officials and employees
KW  - Salaries, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300176582.001.0001
ER  -