Courtenay Ilbert

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Ilbert, Courtenay (1901). Legislative Methods and Forms . Oxford: Henry Frowde.
  • Ilbert, Courtenay (1904). Montesquieu. Oxford: Clarendon Press. The 1904 Romanes Lecture.
  • Ilbert, Courtenay (1911). Parliament: Its History, Constitution and Practice (1 ed.). London: Williams and Norgate. 2nd ed, 1920. 3rd ed, Oxford, 1948.
  • Ilbert, Courtenay (1912). Methods of Legislation (1 ed.). University of London Press.
  • Ilbert, Courtenay (1914). The Mechanics of Law Making. New York: Columbia University Press.
  • Ilbert, Courtenay (1922). The Government of India. Oxford University Press.
  • Ilbert, Courtenay; Meston, James (1923). The New Constitution of India. University of London Press.
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    Sir Courtenay Ilbert
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    33rd Clerk of the House of Commons
    In office
    1902–1921
    Legal offices
    Preceded by First Parliamentary Counsel
    1899–1901
    Succeeded by