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Interesting posting to the Book People Mailing ListI thought it would be a nice change of pace toemphasize the prevalency of the "great Anglo-Saxon"parliementary tradition accross the world. (Thoughsome of these areas would probably have done with outthe historical experience of being in contact with it.Others take a more positive view of the Imperialinheritence, but that is neither here nor there)First up, it may surprise some Civil War enthusiaststo find that the complete set of the ConfederateCongress papers is online in the LOCs edition of theUS Serial Set. The papers are rarely linked to, andinclude authoritative texts of the reasons for sessionof each confederate state.http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwcc.htmlA more recent addition, and far less controversial,are the archives of te recently created NationalAssemblies of Scotland and Wales:http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/chamber/journalMinutes/journalContents.htmLinkThose are barely infants compared to the Tynwald - theoldest parleiment in existence.http://www.tynwald.org.im/papers/hansards/1997-1998/main.shtml(That is an integrated index, containing the hansardsof the House of Keys, the Legislative Council, andjoint seesions)The troubled area of northern Ireland has admirablyperformed, in the last few years, the process ofreconcilliation and rebuilding with the aid an electedparliementhttp://www.niassembly.gov.uk/record/hansard.htmThen there are the often overlooked States of Jersey(original recipe) and Guernsey, some of which go backto the 1980shttp://www.gov.gg/ccm/navigation/government/billets-detathttp://www.statesassembly.gov.je/minutes.aspThen there is Australia. A large slection ofParlementary materials from "the federation debate" ofthe 1890s - somewhat analogous to our "Founding"period- can be accessed at SETIShttp://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/oztexts/feddebates.htmlTrinadad and Tobago have a very comprehensive recordof their hansard, from 1990 to the present:http://www.ttparliament.org/hansard/1990.htmOne final entry, though this could be inexhaustive,I'll include for its uniqueness - the ConstitutionalConvention and Tribal Council of the Cherokee nation:http://www.cherokee.org/home.aspx?section=council&#38;ID=XTue4pUywPs=http://www.cherokee.org/home.aspx?section=councilminuteshttp://www.cherokee.org/home.aspx?section=commissions&#38;commission=CCC&#38;ID=LhUC0BiJBpk=Will there you have it, from Scotland to Austalia toOklahoma - the Anglo-Saxon parliementary inheritance.Though the historical reasons for its presence incertain areas is certainly regretably, Albion has aright to be proud of that its democratic traditionshave allowed so many to peaceable express and governthemselves in so many disparate parts of the world.Jonathan L. Wright