"Josh Chafetz manages to combine scholarly care with an almost journalistic ability to write in an accessible fashion."-Nick Barber, Oxford University (Nick Barber )"A very distinguished work. Chafetz is beautifully clear and deals with an interesting problem concerning parliamentary government in Britain and America in a comparative manner. I do not know of any work which covers the ground in a similar way."-Vernon Bogdanor, Oxford University (Vernon Bogdanor )"This book heralds the arrival of an important new scholar in the fields of comparative constitutional law and legal history. Fitting a broad range of institutional details into a comprehensive and subtle theoretical framework, Chafetz shows how Congressional privileges in America and Parliamentary privileges in England sprang from common origins but then evolved along separate paths as a result of basic differences in the political ecosystems. An excellent chronicle of the evolution of legislative privileges from the parliamentary supremacy of England to the popular sovereignty in kingless America."-Akhil Amar, Yale Law School (Akhil Amar )"A thorough and well-researched treatment of an important and neglected topic. Chafetz's historical overview on legislative privilege deserves to become a well-known point of reference."-Adrian Vermeule, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School (Adrian Vermeule )
