Sale!

Reshaping the British Constitution Essays in Political Interpretation 1st Edition by Nevil Johnson ISBN 978-0333946190 0333946197

Original price was: $50.00.Current price is: $35.00.

Reshaping the British Constitution Essays in Political Interpretation 1st Edition Nevil Johnson (Auth.) Digital Instant Download

Author(s): Nevil Johnson (auth.)
ISBN(s): 9780333946206, 0333946200
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 37.50 MB
Year: 2004
Language: english
SKU: EB-5366912 Categories: , Tag:

Reshaping the British Constitution Essays in Political Interpretation 1st Edition by Nevil Johnson – Ebook PDF Instant Download/Delivery: 978-0333946190, 0333946197
Full download Reshaping the British Constitution Essays in Political Interpretation 1st Edition after payment

Product details: 

ISBN 10:  0333946197

ISBN 13: 978-0333946190

Author:  Nevil Johnson

Reshaping the British Constitution provides a vigorous critique of the deformations of Britain’s customary constitution and why it could not effectively stem the growth of a centralized political authority. On this foundation it provides a critical description and assessment of recent constitutional changes including devolution, House of Lords reform, human rights and the encroachment of the European Union. Nevil Johnson suggests that since the reform programme has rested on pragmatic political expediency rather than on coherent thinking about constitutional principles, it is likely to strengthen the familiar deformations of the customary constitution.
 

Table of contents: 

Part I The Underpinnings of a Customary Constitution

1 Constitutions and Constitutionalism The constitution as practice Customary and codified constitutions: is Britain so exceptional? The underpinnings of liberal constitutionalism Some implications of a customary constitution

Notes

2 Foundations and Principles

Consent and rights The rise and fall of negative liberty Authority and sovereignty A parliamentary executive Weakening the foundations of the customary constitution

Notes

3 Institutional Pluralism and Subsidiarity

A heritage of diffused powers: local self-government England’s partners within the United Kingdom Pluralism harnessed to public purposes No theory of the State, but more power for the central government

Notes

Part II Institutions and Practices under the Customary Constitution

4 Symbols of Unity: Monarchy and Religious Establishment

Constitutional monarchy

Symbolic and representational roles

The Crown as a legal construct Crown and Church The churches ‘established by law’ The monarchy, the Church and the moral life of the nation A rationalisation of monarchy?

Notes

5 A Parliamentary Government: the Executive Power A parliamentary executive From cabinet government to prime-ministerial government Responsibility and accountability in constitutional theory Accountability at large: the impulse to blame The constitutional status of civil servants

The discretion of ministers as a centralising dynamic

Notes

6 Parliament: the Foundation of Legitimacy The House of Commons and the function of control The function of legislating From administrative to political scrutiny Institutional differentiation within the House of Commons The House of Lords What survives of sovereignty and government in and through Parliament?

Notes

7 The Judiciary in the Constitution

The independence of the judiciary The judiciary as interpreter of the common law Recognition of a domain of public law

The judiciary in public life and popular involvement in administering justice

Notes

Part III Reshaping the Constitution

8 The Customary Constitution in the Melting-pot

The reform agenda

The rhetoric of reform: democratisation and modernisation Discarding history and tradition

Notes

9 Institutional Innovation: Devolution and Decentralisation

Devolution models: the scheme for Scotland

Devolution model 2: devising a scheme for Northern Ireland

Devolution model 3: a qualified scheme for Wales

The models of devolution compared

Further steps towards decentralisation in the reform programme

Notes

10 Reform at the Centre: the Primacy of Politics

Reform in Parliament: the House of Lords

Con

Reforming the House of Commons

The political executive: presidential pretensions

Politicians and officials: the weakening of the civil

service ethos

Notes

11 Human Rights and the Reinforcement of the Judiciary From ‘liberties and privileges’ to a code of rights Incorporation of the European convention of rights into

British law

The initial impact of the Human Rights Act 1998

Human rights decisions: some illustrative examples of

judicial conclusions

Innovation and continuity in interpreting rights Proposals for further institutional reforms affecting the judiciary

Notes

12 The European Union: Towards a European Constitution From the European Communities to a European Union The impact on discretion in policy and law-making

British law and EU law: who interprets what?

Enlargement of the EU and the prospect of a constitution

for Europe

Playing down the consequences of ‘ever closer union’

Notes

13 Beyond Custom and Tradition: the Politics of ‘What Works’ The nature of the process of constitutional reform From precedent and history to performance and the future

How is the form of government to be designated? Pluralism, diffusion of powers, checks and balances The rule of law and the rights of citizens

The erosion of self-government Reshaping the constitution to suit the needs of

elective dictatorship

People also search for:

    
the reshaping of british railways pdf
    
british england uk difference
    
english british uk difference
    
restoring the british empire
    
reshaping the equity markets

Tags: Nevil Johnson, Reshaping the British, Political Interpretation