Managing the core executive

In the build up to general elections there is invariably a wealth of discourse on constitutional and transitional issues and even on the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the civil service, but rarely is there any debate on the manner in which politicians manage the government machine. This article seeks to address this deficiency. It examines the operational factors common to the core executive, assesses the problems usually associated with the government as an organization and reviews alternative solutions. Finally, it offers managerially oriented advice, reasoning that it is the role of policy analysts to prescribe and that it is irresponsible to ignore this function. it is clearly emphasized that management solutions are not synonymous with business solutions. The article draws on universal principles of management, seeking to avoid normative suggestions and concentrating instead on practical considerations. Those considerations include personnel selection, collective responsibility, leadership style, organizational structure and team mentality. The conclusion is that strong managerially based leadership should not be dismissed as incompatible with the political constraints placed upon Prime Ministers but rather it should e the predominant impulse.

Neoliberalism in Britain

The Conservative Party has in the 2015 British general elections won an absolute majority under David Cameron���s leadership. Cameron���s rule signifies an important phase in British politics in the 21st century. This paper asks the question: What is Cameronism? Cameron argues that Margaret Thatcher ���was a big influence��� for him. It is therefore appropriate to study the relationship between Thatcherism and Cameronism. The article revisits theories of Thatcherism and understands it as a unity of ideology and policies that is organised along three dimensions: the economy, politics, and culture. An ideology critique study of key speeches, interviews and documents analyses these three dimensions of Cameronism. A comparison of Cameronism and Thatcherism shows that questions of national identity, the European Union and immigration form a key ideological and political dimension of Cameronism.

Electoral opportunism and fiscal policy before and after the EMU

A Masters Thesis, presented as part of the requirements for the award of a Research Masters Degree in Economics from NOVA ��� School of Business and Economics

Health expenditures in the OECD: A political economy analysis using structural breaks

A Masters Thesis, presented as part of the requirements for the award of a Research Masters Degree in Economics from NOVA ��� School of Business and Economics

Going twice to the polls?: Optimality of two-stage voting procedures

A Masters Thesis, presented as part of the requirements for the award of a Research Masters Degree in Economics from NOVA ��� School of Business and Economics

Elei����es municipais em Lisboa na Primeira Rep��blica (19910-1926)

Esta tese investiga as elei����es municipais em Lisboa durante a Primeira Rep��blica (1910-1926). Pretende-se captar perman��ncias e mudan��as neste microcosmo pol��tico, para um conhecimento aprofundado da Hist��ria eleitoral e local desta ��poca. Estuda, uma a uma, as elei����es municipais em Lisboa (1913, 1917, 1919, 1922 e 1925). Pesquisa as for��as partid��rias, os candidatos a vereadores, a campanha pol��tica, o corpo eleitoral e o resultado da vota����o para cada um dos escrut��nios. No cap��tulo final faz-se an��lise de todos os sufr��gios, averiguando a quest��o da legitima����o do poder municipal em Lisboa na Primeira Rep��blica. Conclu��mos que as ���elei����es feitas��� ditaram a hegemonia do Partido Republicano Portugu��s em todas as elei����es camar��rias da capital. Apesar disso, o regime republicano empenhou-se na participa����o pol��tica, na cultura c��vica e no processo de moderniza����o e democratiza����o da sociedade portuguesa.

Essays on bounded rationality: Individual decision and strategic interaction

Economics is a social science which, therefore, focuses on people and on the decisions they make, be it in an individual context, or in group situations. It studies human choices, in face of needs to be fulfilled, and a limited amount of resources to fulfill them. For a long time, there was a convergence between the normative and positive views of human behavior, in that the ideal and predicted decisions of agents in economic models were entangled in one single concept. That is, it was assumed that the best that could be done in each situation was exactly the choice that would prevail. Or, at least, that the facts that economics needed to explain could be understood in the light of models in which individual agents act as if they are able to make ideal decisions. However, in the last decades, the complexity of the environment in which economic decisions are made and the limits on the ability of agents to deal with it have been recognized, and incorporated into models of decision making in what came to be known as the bounded rationality paradigm. This was triggered by the incapacity of the unboundedly rationality paradigm to explain observed phenomena and behavior. This thesis contributes to the literature in three different ways. Chapter 1 is a survey on bounded rationality, which gathers and organizes the contributions to the field since Simon (1955) first recognized the necessity to account for the limits on human rationality. The focus of the survey is on theoretical work rather than the experimental literature which presents evidence of actual behavior that differs from what classic rationality predicts. The general framework is as follows. Given a set of exogenous variables, the economic agent needs to choose an element from the choice set that is avail- able to him, in order to optimize the expected value of an objective function (assuming his preferences are representable by such a function). If this problem is too complex for the agent to deal with, one or more of its elements is simplified. Each bounded rationality theory is categorized according to the most relevant element it simplifes. Chapter 2 proposes a novel theory of bounded rationality. Much in the same fashion as Conlisk (1980) and Gabaix (2014), we assume that thinking is costly in the sense that agents have to pay a cost for performing mental operations. In our model, if they choose not to think, such cost is avoided, but they are left with a single alternative, labeled the default choice. We exemplify the idea with a very simple model of consumer choice and identify the concept of isofin curves, i.e., sets of default choices which generate the same utility net of thinking cost. Then, we apply the idea to a linear symmetric Cournot duopoly, in which the default choice can be interpreted as the most natural quantity to be produced in the market. We find that, as the thinking cost increases, the number of firms thinking in equilibrium decreases. More interestingly, for intermediate levels of thinking cost, an equilibrium in which one of the firms chooses the default quantity and the other best responds to it exists, generating asymmetric choices in a symmetric model. Our model is able to explain well-known regularities identified in the Cournot experimental literature, such as the adoption of different strategies by players (Huck et al. , 1999), the inter temporal rigidity of choices (Bosch-Dom enech & Vriend, 2003) and the dispersion of quantities in the context of di cult decision making (Bosch-Dom enech & Vriend, 2003). Chapter 3 applies a model of bounded rationality in a game-theoretic set- ting to the well-known turnout paradox in large elections, pivotal probabilities vanish very quickly and no one should vote, in sharp contrast with the ob- served high levels of turnout. Inspired by the concept of rhizomatic thinking, introduced by Bravo-Furtado & C��rte-Real (2009a), we assume that each per- son is self-delusional in the sense that, when making a decision, she believes that a fraction of the people who support the same party decides alike, even if no communication is established between them. This kind of belief simplifies the decision of the agent, as it reduces the number of players he believes to be playing against { it is thus a bounded rationality approach. Studying a two-party first-past-the-post election with a continuum of self-delusional agents, we show that the turnout rate is positive in all the possible equilibria, and that it can be as high as 100%. The game displays multiple equilibria, at least one of which entails a victory of the bigger party. The smaller one may also win, provided its relative size is not too small; more self-delusional voters in the minority party decreases this threshold size. Our model is able to explain some empirical facts, such as the possibility that a close election leads to low turnout (Geys, 2006), a lower margin of victory when turnout is higher (Geys, 2006) and high turnout rates favoring the minority (Bernhagen & Marsh, 1997).

US fiscal dynamics in political perspective

Given the importance of fiscal balance for ensuring a sustainable fiscal policy, we conduct an empirical examination of fiscal dynamics in the United States in response to unsustainable budget deviations. We concentrate on the role of political factors, namely the Republican - Democrat presidential divide, in determining the fiscal response to budget disequilibria. Making use of an asymmetric cointegration framework, we explore politically motivated fiscal asymmetries in the US, from Eisenhower to Obama. We conclude that political factors such as the government���s political quadrant and the timing of elections are important determinants of the fiscal response to unsustainable budget deviations.

Electoral observation: Evidence from Mozambique

Electoral fraud is a common problem in young democracies. Election observers constitute one possible remedy. Yet, quantitative evidence of the exact effects of observers is scarce. Data on the random assignment of observers during Mozambique���s 2009 general elections is used to estimate the impact that observers have on ballot fraud. It is shown that the presence of national observers reduces high levels of turnout and manipulation of ballots. The findings contribute to the understanding of the behavior of politicians and have implications for the implementation of observer missions.

Fiscal dynamics and electoral behavior in the Eurozone

Abstract: The Stability Growth Pact and the 3% rule did not prevent countries from running large deficits. Countries in the EMU administrate fiscal policies differently, despite the existence of a common quantitative goal. The main focus of this work project is to study differences in the fiscal dynamics of eight EMU countries and assess the role of political variables in shaping those dynamics. We find that elections negatively affect government revenue in Austria, Belgium, Portugal, Spain and Germany. Expenditure, on the other hand, responds positively to incoming elections in Portugal, Italy, France and Netherlands, and negatively in the case of Germany.

As Comiss��es Parlamentares de Inqu��rito no Portugal democr��tico, 1976-2015

As transforma����es operadas no mundo contempor��neo, em especial no que respeita ��s estruturas do poder, �� sua maior autonomiza����o e diferencia����o, tiveram particulares reflexos ao n��vel dos Parlamentos e das fun����es que prosseguem. Desde a sua origem, no passado s��culo XIII, �� atualidade, grandes acontecimentos, clivagens e factos hist��ricos est��o presentes na sua linha evolutiva. A democratiza����o do regime parlamentar e a legitimidade outorgada atrav��s de elei����es democr��ticas e concorrenciais s��o um marco ��mpar na sua hist��ria. A complexidade das sociedades hodiernas catapultou o Poder Executivo em detrimento do Parlamento, enquanto ��rg��o legislativo por excel��ncia. Tal circunstancialismo levou, n��o ao proclamado decl��nio dos Parlamentos, mas a reformas estruturantes. Outras e mais importantes fun����es seriam prosseguidas. Se as iniciativas legislativas e a defini����o das pol��ticas p��blicas passaram a ser quase um exclusivo do Governo, havia que desenvolver e ampliar, por parte dos Parlamentos, os instrumentos de controlo, fiscaliza����o e escrut��nio da a����o governativa. Entre os cl��ssicos instrumentos de controlo avulta o Inqu��rito Parlamentar, materializado em Comiss��es Parlamentares de Inqu��rito, dotadas de poderes especiais para recolha de informa����o e para investiga����o. No seu percurso parlamentar, tamb��m as Comiss��es de Inqu��rito foram sendo alvo de constantes aperfei��oamentos, de ordem constitucional, legal e regimental. A excessiva partidariza����o da atividade parlamentar de outrora e sobretudo a confus��o entre o governo e o partido que o sustentava a n��vel parlamentar, o confronto desequilibrado de meios entre as maiorias e as minorias, levaram a um reposicionamento do inqu��rito parlamentar enquanto garante do direito das minorias. N��o sendo expect��vel que as grandes iniciativas de controlo sejam tomadas pelo partido maiorit��rio, cabe �� oposi����o esse papel. Em Portugal, diminuta era a tradi����o do instituto do inqu��rito parlamentar, raz��o porque foi ef��mera e sem resultado a sua utiliza����o no tempo da monarquia constitucional. O regime democr��tico, abra��ado com o 25 de abril de 1974, relan��ou o ��rg��o de soberania Parlamento e estabeleceu prioridades. At�� ao amadurecimento da democracia viveram-se tempos mais conturbados mas de grande aprendizagem. O inqu��rito Parlamentar, a partir da revis��o constitucional de 1982, passou conceptualmente a integrar um dos meios mais relevantes da fiscaliza����o pol��tica. ��, pois, o levantamento exaustivo e a an��lise das Comiss��es Parlamentares de Inqu��rito no Portugal democr��tico, per��odo de 1976-2015, o objetivo a que nos propomos neste estudo.

As peculiaridades da democratiza����o da regi��o do C��ucaso do Sul no contexto da Pol��tica Europeia de Vizinhan��a

O per��odo ap��s o colapso da Uni��o Sovi��tica foi o tempo da procura de novas identidades na nova realidade e de escolha de novos parceiros e aliados, o tempo da constru����o de novos estados e de formula����o das regras e normas nacionais. Ap��s o desmoronamento da ideologia sovi��tica - um facto reconhecido oficialmente durante o per��odo da Perestroika ���, as pessoas sentiram uma necessidade de preencher o v��cuo ideol��gico e desenvolver uma nova identidade. Foi proclamada a rejei����o da estrutura pol��tica administrativa herdada da Uni��o Sovi��tica e do sistema de economia planificada, e desenvolvida a tend��ncia para a constru����o do estado democr��tico fundado numa economia de mercado. As expectativas relativas ��s transforma����es no per��odo p��s-sovi��tico estavam relacionadas com o Ocidente (EUA e UE), e a constru����o do estado soberano foi fundada em modelos ocidentais de estado de direito, ���boa governan��a��� e a economia de mercado. A UE desempenhou um papel importante na democratiza����o dos estados da regi��o do Sul do C��ucaso atrav��s de v��rios projetos e programas bilaterais e multilaterais no ��mbito da Pol��tica Europeia de Vizinhan��a e da Parceria Oriental. Embora as reformas democr��ticas tenham sido realizadas com vista ao estabelecimento de uma Constitui����o democr��tica, �� implementa����o de elei����es democr��ticas e ao desenvolvimento da sociedade civil, fortaleceram, tamb��m, ainda mais, a natureza autorit��ria do poder, impediram a cria����o de um estado de direito, refor��aram viola����o dos direitos e das liberdades humanas. (NODIYA, 2003: 30; BAKHMAN, 2003: 17; BADALOV, 2003: 20). Deste modo, o processo da promo����o da democracia atrav��s das reformas nos tr��s estados do Sul do C��ucaso conduziu �� cria����o de estados de ���conte��do autocr��tico misto, mas de forma democr��tica��� (CHETERYAN, 2003: 41). Embora seja poss��vel identificar as semelhan��as entre os tr��s estados da regi��o do Sul do C��ucaso nas reformas do processo de desenvolvimento, os m��todos e meios de implementa����o de reformas nas realidades dos estados regionais pela administra����o nacional foram bastante diferentes, por raz��es associadas ��s especificidades de cada um (DELCOUR e WOLCZUK, 2013: 3). Cada pa��s �� caracterizado pelas suas peculiaridades ao n��vel da situa����o geopol��tica e diversidade do potencial econ��mico ��� fatores que definem a trajet��ria pol��tica e econ��mica do estado no per��odo p��s-sovi��tico e, em certa medida, influenciam o modo como se desenvolvem as rela����es com a UE e, portanto, o processo de ado����o das reformas e a sua introdu����o a n��vel nacional.

Associative Issue Ownership as a Determinant of Voters' Campaign Attention

Campaigns raise public interest in politics and allow parties to convey their messages to voters. However, voters' exposure and attention during campaigns are biased towards parties and candidates they like. This hinders parties' ability to reach new voters. This paper theorises and empirically tests a simple way in which parties can break partisan selective attention: owning an issue. When parties own issues that are important for a voter, that voter is more likely to notice them. Using survey data collected prior to the 2009 Belgian regional elections it is shown that this effect exists independent of partisan preferences and while controlling for the absolute visibility of a party in the media. This indicates that issue ownership has an independent impact on voters' attention to campaigns. This finding shows that owning salient issues yields (potential) advantages for parties, since getting noticed is a prerequisite for conveying electoral messages and increasing electoral success.

Ordonnances des rois de France saint Louis, Philippe V, Philippe VI, Jean le Bon, Charles VI, Charles VII, Louis XI, Charles VIII, Louis XII, Fran��ois Ier, relatives principalement �� la chambre des comptes. Copies.

Contient : 1 ��tat de d��penses ; 2 �� Ordonnance pour contraindre les officiers comptables �� �� venir compter aux temps fix��s, les nouveaux officiers �� pr��ter serment en la chambre des comptes, et les commissaires �� y venir prendre leurs commissions. Paris, 31 juillet 1338. Acte de PHILIPPE VI ; 3 �� Ordonnances faictes �� Bloys l'an 1511, le 24e jour de novembre, afin de faire venir compter les officiers comptables ��. Acte de LOUIS XII ; 4 Ordonnance de LOUIS XI, dat��e de Paris, 12 d��cembre 1469, par laquelle il est dit que l'on ne doit diff��rer �� ex��cuter les d��biteurs du roi nonobstant les appellations ; 5-6 Actes de CHARLES VIII ; 5 Ordonnance par laquelle le roi veut que toutes les lettres de dons et ali��nations soient adress��es �� la chambre des comptes ; les dons des droits seigneuriaux et d'amendes jusqu'�� cent livres pourront ��tre exp��di��s par les tr��soriers et les g��n��raux des finances sur les lettres que le roi en octroiera. Paris, 24 juin 1492 ; 6 Lettres patentes qui ordonnent �� tous receveurs et comptables de clore et affiner leurs comptes. Lyon, 6 mai 1494 ; 7 �� Ordonnance sur le differant de la court de parlement et de la chambre des comptes �� ; 8 �� Ordonnance concernant la r��gale ��. Acte de PHILIPPE VI. Vincennes, octobre ; 9 Extraits touchant la r��gale. En latin ; 10 Article 13 de l'ordonnance de CHARLES VI qui concerne la chambre des comptes, dans la s��rie des ordonnances qui porte le nom de la faction cabochienne. Paris, 26 mai 1413 ; 11 Ordonnance de FRAN��OIS ler, par laquelle il est enjoint �� tous les receveurs particuliers, grenetiers, fermiers, �� dedans ung moys apr��s la notifficacion de ces presentes �� lettres, d'�� apporter et delivrer ��s mains du tresorier �� de l' �� espargne Philebert Babou,... tout ce qu'ils nous peuvent devoir de leurs receptes, jusques au dernier jour de decembre dernier pass�� ��. Blois, 9 juillet 1524 ; 12 Ordonnance concernant la justice et l'autorit�� de la chambre des comptes. Acte de LOUIS XI. Poitiers, 26 f��vrier 1464 ; 13 Lettres par lesquelles le roi CHARLES VI nomme des r��formateurs g��n��raux auxquels il donne pouvoir de corriger les abus qui s'��taient gliss��s dans l'administration des finances et dans quelques autres parties du gouvernement, et de punir ceux qui en ��taient les auteurs. Paris, 20 octobre 1409 ; 14 Extrait des registres du parlement concernant Jean de Breteuil, bourgeois de Roye, �� qui la ville de Roye r��clamait le paiement d'un droit, ayant mari�� sa fille hors de la ville. 10 novembre 1303. En latin. Fol. 41) ; 15 �� Erection de la ville de Castres en cont�� ��. Acte du roi JEAN. 25 ao��t 1356. En latin ; 16 �� Extraict des registres du parlement �� ; 17 Extrait des registres de parlement ; 18 �� C'est l'inventaire des lectres de comptes et des ann��es, chouses et escriptz renduz �� court par Me JEHAN EGLE, clerc de la chambre des comptes de monseigneur, jadis compte de Valoys et orendroict par la grace de Dieu roy de France, faict l'an de grace 1328, 18e jour d'avril, des terres dud. seigneur, qu'il tenoit en sa main �� ; �� L'extraict des lectres de la chambre des comptes, jadis de monseigneur de Valoys, arendroit roy de France, renduz �� court par monseigneur Jehan Egle, clerc dud, seigneur... Escript �� Neelle �� Paris, ou moys d'avril, l'an de grace mil III C. XXVIII �� ; 19 Bulle de CLEMENT VII, pour Jean de Langeac, qu'il nomme ��v��que d'Avranches. 22 octobre 1526. En latin ; 20-23 Actes de FRAN��OIS Ier, concernant ledit ��v��que d'Avranches, Jean de Langeac. Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 6 et 8 janvier 1526-7 ; 24 Mandement des �� gens des comptes du roy... aux esleuz pour led. Sr sur le faict de ses aides ordonnez pour la guerre ��s villes et elections de Paris, Compiengne, Beauvais, Clermont Beauvoisin, Amiens, Peronne, Mondidier, Roye, Ponthieu, Sainct Quentin, Noyon, Soissons, Laon, Reims, Chalons, Troyes, Langres et autres estans et deppendans de la recepte et generalit�� d'oultre Seine et Yonne... comme le VIIIe jour de may dernier pass�� comparrans au bureau de la chambre desd. comptes plusieurs marchans d'aucunes desd. elections leur ayt est�� dit que la ferme de l'imposition de douze deniers pour livre avec le XXe forain desd. villes et elections, estoit �� bailler et se bailleroit lors �� la chandelle estaignant au plus offrant et dernier encherisseur, pour 3 ans ; 25 Transaction pass��e entre le roi Fran��ois 1er et Charles, duc d'Alen��on, touchant le comt�� d'Armagnac. Compi��gne, f��vrier 1514-1515. Acte de FRAN��OIS Ier ; 26 �� Arrest touchant la sucession de feu Jehan d'Armignac ��. Acte de �� Charles, duc d'Alen��on ��. Paris, f��vrier 1514-1515 ; 27 �� Bail fait �� �� �� Jehan Le Royer, Loys Le Royer, Jehan Voult, Guillaume Richer, et Henry le Royer, vendeurs de la marchandise de poisson de mer et harant fraiz et sall��, qui vient par terre et se vent �� Paris �� du �� dessus de la hale, nouvellement construite et ��diffi��e de neuf au lieu et halle dud. Paris, o�� d'anciennet�� lad. marchandise de poisson de mer se doit desscendre et non ailleurs �� ; 28 �� Appointement touchant l'imposition foraine... de douze deniers tournois pour livre et XXme forain sur et le long des rivi��res d'oultre Seine et Yonne ��, prononc�� sur la requ��te de �� Girard Lombart, fermier �� de ladite imposition. Paris, 23 ao��t 1527 ; 29-30 Actes de FRAN��OIS Ier ; 29 Le roi r��voque les commission et pouvoirs donn��s aux commissaires par lui nomm��s en la chambre du conseil de la chambre des comptes pour �� ouyr, examiner, clorre et affiner en lad. chambre du conseil les comptes �� des �� changeur du Tresor, recepveurs generaulx �� des �� finances �� et autres comptables, et charge la chambre des comptes de cette besogne. Paris, 16 novembre 1527 ; 30 ��rection du comt�� de Chartres en duch�� en faveur de Ren��e de France. Paris, juin 1528 ; 31 �� Chartre des previlleges de Normendie ��. Acte de CHARLES VII. Tours, 22 avril 1458 ; 32 ; �� Ordonnance notable qui sert d'instruction pour tout le faict de la chambre des comptes ��. Acte de LOUIS XII. Blois, d��cembre 1511 ; Extrait des registres de la chambre touchant cette ordonnance. 13 mars 1511-1512 ; 33 �� Declaracion sur le faict des decimes ��. Bulle du pape NICOLAS IV de 1289, vidim��e par les officiaux de Paris et de Troyes. En latin ; 34 �� Confirmation de la chartre aux Normans ��. Acte, en latin, de LOUIS XI, donn�� �� Tours, le 4 janvier 1461-1462, enregistr��e par l' �� eschiquier de Normandie, tenu �� Rouen, au terme de Pasques 1462 �� ; 35-36 Actes de FRAN��OIS Ier ; 35 �� Dot pour madame Alienord ��. Paris, 12 avril 1531 ; 36 �� Ordonnance sur les pilleries et abbuz des finances ��. Paris, 4 avril 1530-1531 ; 37 �� Advis d'advocat touchant le faict de la duch�� de Valois ��. A la fin on lit : �� Presentes articuli lecti fuerunt ad Burellum die XIX martii anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo vigesimo octavo �� ; 38 �� Ordonnance du roy sainct LOYS, par laquelle il est permis aux gens laiz possidens dixmes infeaudez les bailler et delaisser �� gens d'eglise sans le sentement du roy et de ses [suc]cesseurs ��. Paris, au mois de mars 1269-1270. En latin. A la suite extraits des registres du parlement, dans lesquels cette charte est invoqu��e. 1272. En latin ; 39 Contestation, au sujet d'une d��me, entre l'��v��que de Coutances et un chevalier, Guillaume Patrice. 1280. En latin. Extrait des registres du parlement ; 40-41 Requ��te �� �� nosseigneurs des comptes �� de �� PHILIBERT BABOU,... tresorier de France ��, au sujet d'un ��change avec �� le religieux abb��, prieur et couvent Nostre-Dame du Bourg de Deolz ��, et lettres de FRAN��OIS Ier approuvant ledit ��change. Fontainebleau, juillet 1531 ; 42 �� C'est l'ordonnance que nous avons faicte pour nostre chambre de noz comptes l'an mil trois cens dixneuf, au Vivier, en Brye ��. Acte de PHILIPPE V, LE LONG ; 43 Le roi CHARLES VI donne �� �� Me Estienne de Bray �� les appointements de ma��tre clerc �� la chambre des comptes, tout en conservant �� �� Me Regnault de Coulons ��, auquel Etienne de Bray est subrog��, l'office et les appointements de Me clerc du nombre des quatre ma��tres clercs. Paris, 15 mai 1403 ; 44 Proc��s-verbal de la r��ception de �� Me Nicolas Des Prez �� en qualit�� de �� Me des comptes ��, et de �� Me S. de Langres �� en qualit�� de clerc des comptes. Paris, 30 juillet 1405 ; 45-46 Actes de CHARLES VI ; 45 Lettres par lesquelles il fixe le nombre des officiers de la chambre des comptes et en ��tablit deux nouveaux pour corriger les comptes. Paris, 14 juillet 1410 ; 46 Lettres par lesquelles il ordonne que dans le cas o�� ��tienne de Bray et Nicolas Des Prez ne poss��deraient plus la charge de correcteur des comptes qu'il leur avait conf��r��e, ils reprendraient celle de clerc ordinaire de la chambre des comptes, qu'ils avaient avant qu'il eussent ��t�� correcteurs des comptes. Paris, 22 ao��t 1410 ; 47 Acte de CHARLES VII. Il nomme �� Me Andr�� Le Roy �� clerc de ses comptes en sa chambre des comptes ��tablie �� Bourges, conseiller et correcteur des comptes en ladite chambre des comptes. Amboise, 8 avril 1432-1433 ; 48-49 Actes de LOUIS XI ; 48 Il donne l'office de conseiller correcteur en la chambre des comptes �� �� Me Nicolle Violle ��, vacant par la r��signation de �� Me Phelippes Le Begue ��. Tours, 22 mars 1478-1479 ; 49 Il donne l'office de conseiller correcteur �� la m��me chambre, vacant par le d��c��s de �� Jehan Froment ��, �� �� Me Pierre Jovelin ��. Le Mans, 29 novembre 1467 ; 50 �� Le trespas de feu tr��s noble memoire le bon roy Charles VIIIme de ce nom, nomm�� tres chrestien et magnanime, en son cry fait par les carrefours de Paris, et ses obseques et funerailles, desquelles le sire de La Tremoille, son conseiller et premier chambellan, eut la principalle charge et conduicte �� ; 51 �� De l'ordre et usance observ��es sur le faict des obs��ques des m��res des roys de France inhum��es �� St Denys en France ou ailleurs �� ; 52 �� Edict touchant la chambre de la revision �� ��tablie �� en la chambre du conseil ��, pr��s la chambre des comptes, o�� seront port��s les appels des arr��ts de ladite chambre des comptes. Moulins, 20 mars 1500-1501. Fol.) 161-162) ; 53 Don �� Jean de Langeac, nomm�� �� l'��v��ch�� d'Avranches, des fruits dudit ��v��ch�� ��chus au roi �� en regalle, depuis le trespas du dernier evesque d'icelluy evesch�� ��. St-Germain en Laye, le 17 f��vrier 1526. Acte de FRAN��OIS Ier ; 54 Acte de LOUIS XII, dat�� de Troyes, 24 avril 1510, par lequel il donne �� �� Jehan Duprat,... la charge et commission en chef... du paiement �� de la dette que �� le roy d'Engleterre ��, Henri VIII, pr��tendait lui ��tre due par Anne de Bretagne, et des pensions particuli��res ordonn��es �� aucuns seigneurs de son parti, en faveur du trait�� de paix du 15 novembre 1491

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Contient : 1�� �� Li Compilacions LEUPOL le fil, le duc d'Austeriche, de le Science des estoilles �� ; 2�� �� Introductoirs d'astronomie que.I. philosophes traita pour.I. empereor de Romme, et contient deux livres �� ; 3�� �� Li Espere de l'evesque de Lincolmiense �� [ROBERT GROSSE TESTE], ou �� Le figure de le machine dou monde et l'estre et les figures de corps qui le constituent �� ; 4�� �� Les Ymages cooriens en.XII. signes et leur gra[de], et ausi leur significacions �� ; 5�� �� Li Centiloges BETHENI �� ; 6�� �� Des Elections selonc les regars et les conjonctions de le lune as planettes par les.XII. signes ��, d'�� ALBUMAZAR ��, traduction de �� HERNOUS DE QUIQUENPOIR �� ; 7�� Table des climats, longitudes, latitudes, etc