The Changing Constitution
Clarendon Press
2nd Edition
Published on 9. November 1989
Book
Hardback
488 pages
978-0-19-825276-4 (ISBN)
Description
This is a second edition of the collection of essays on the nature and revolution of the British constitution. The essays have been revised throughout and some rewritten, notably the essay on local government and on nationalized industries.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
942 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-825276-4 (9780198252764)
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Content
Part 1 Traditional doctrine reviewed: the rule of law today, Jeffrey Jowell; the sovereignty of parliament - in perpetuity?, A.W.Bradley; ministerial respondibility - myth or reality?, Colin Turpin; the theory and practice of modern British democracy, Anthony H.Birch. Part 2 Modern British government - practice and problems: the parties and parliament - representative or intra-party democracy?, Dawn Oliver; select committees and back-bench power, Gavin Drewry; the control of public expenditure, Micheal Elliott; the executive power today - bargaining and economic control, Terence Daintith; regulating non-government bodies - privatization, accountability and the public or private divide, Norman Lewis; contral-local relations - the balance of power, Malcolm Grant; the police - independence and accountability, Geoffrey Marshall; Northern Ireland and the British constitution, Christopher McCrudden. Part 3 Towards constitutional reform: the constitution - decline and renewal, Anthony Lester; electoral reform, David Butler; regional devolution, David Marquand; freedom of information - the constitutional impact, Rodney Austin.