The British Constitution
Title | The British Constitution PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony King |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 450 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0199232326 |
In the latter part of the nineteenth century Walter Bagehot wrote a classic account of the British constitution as it had developed during Queen Victoria's reign. He argued that the late Victorian constitution was not at all what people thought it was. Anthony King argues that the same is true at the beginning of this century. Most people are aware that a series of major constitutional changes has taken place, but few recognize that their cumulative effect has been to change entirely the nature of Britain's constitutional structure. The old constitution has gone. The author insists that the new constitution is a mess, but one that we should probably try to make the best of. The British Constitution is neither a reference book nor a textbook. Like Bagehot's classic, it is written with wit and mordant humour - by someone who is a journalist and political commentator as well as a distinguished academic. The author maintains that, although the new British constitution is a mess, there is no going back now. 'As always', he says, 'nostalgia is a good companion but a bad guide.' Highly charged issues that remain to be settled concern the relations between Scotland and England and the future of the House of Lords. A reformed House of Lords, the author fears, could wind up comprising 'a miscellaneous assemblage of party hacks, political careerists, clapped-out retired or defeated MPs, has-beens, never-were's and never-could-possibly-be's'. The book is a Bagehot for the twenty-first century - the product of a lifetime's reflection on British politics and essential reading for anyone interested in how the British system has changed and how it is likely to change in future
The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution
Title | The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Shepherd Creasy |
Publisher | |
Pages | 426 |
Release | 1867 |
Genre | Constitutional history |
ISBN |
The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution
Title | The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Louis de Lolme |
Publisher | |
Pages | 666 |
Release | 1838 |
Genre | Constitutional history |
ISBN |
The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution
Title | The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Shepherd Creasey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 1853 |
Genre | Constitutional history |
ISBN |
The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution
Title | The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Louis Delolme |
Publisher | |
Pages | 664 |
Release | 1838 |
Genre | Constitutional history |
ISBN |
The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution
Title | The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution PDF eBook |
Author | Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy |
Publisher | |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 1892 |
Genre | Constitutional history |
ISBN |
The Constitution of England
Title | The Constitution of England PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Louis de Lolme |
Publisher | |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 1776 |
Genre | Constitutional history |
ISBN |