The Changing Constitution

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.