
The Codes of the Constitution
Andrew Blick(Author)
Hart Publishing
Published on 24. January 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-5099-2681-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book describes an astounding feat of constitutional writing and publication. For a number of decades, officials working across different branches of the United Kingdom (UK) constitution have been engaged in a series of separate projects. Taken in their totality, they amount to a vast enterprise. Yet, until now, no-one has fully recognised or critically analysed what has taken place. There has been a proliferation in the UK of publicly available codes, normally lacking a basis in statute, providing official accounts of a variety of different features of UK constitutional rules and principles. They cover institutions ranging from the Cabinet to the Civil Service to the judiciary, and relationships between entities such as central government and the devolved executives; and between the UK executive and the Westminster Parliament. Among them are prominent texts such as the Ministerial Code, the Cabinet Manual, the Guide to Judicial Conduct and the devolution Memorandum of Understanding - as well as more obscure documents that nonetheless contain important stipulations regarding the operation of the system. Similar developments have taken place in countries including Australia, Canada and New Zealand. The author explores the history of this phenomenon in the UK, how it functions today here and elsewhere in the Commonwealth, and its implications for the UK constitution.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
390 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5099-2681-7 (9781509926817)
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Andrew Blick
The Codes of the Constitution
E-Book
09/2016
1st Edition
Hart Publishing
€39.99
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Andrew Blick
The Codes of the Constitution
E-Book
09/2016
1st Edition
Hart Publishing
€39.99
Available for download
Person
Andrew Blick is Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History at King's College London.
Content
Part One: The Codification Phenomenon
1. Historic Origins of Codification
2. Codification Since 1979
3. Codification in Perspective
4. The Impact of Codification
Part Two: The Content of Codes
5. The Office of Prime Minister
6. The Cabinet and Collective Government
7. The Executive: Ministers, Departments and the Civil Service
8. Parliament and Executive Accountability
9. General Elections and the Formation of Governments
10. Devolved and Local Government
11. Codification and the Rule of Law
1. Historic Origins of Codification
2. Codification Since 1979
3. Codification in Perspective
4. The Impact of Codification
Part Two: The Content of Codes
5. The Office of Prime Minister
6. The Cabinet and Collective Government
7. The Executive: Ministers, Departments and the Civil Service
8. Parliament and Executive Accountability
9. General Elections and the Formation of Governments
10. Devolved and Local Government
11. Codification and the Rule of Law