A bravura critique of the traditional interpretation of the British constitution. The book demolishes many of the myths surrounding it, but also goes on to suggest a constructive alternative.
A bravura critique of the traditional interpretation of the British constitution. The book demolishes many of the myths surrounding it, but also goes on to suggest a constructive alternative.
Iain McLean is Professor of Politics at Oxford University, and a fellow of Nuffield College. He has previously worked at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Warwick, and held visiting appointments at Washington & Lee, Stanford, Yale and Australian National universities. He has written copiously about UK public policy; political history; and historical applications of rational choice theory. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and his previous OUP book State of the Union was awarded the W.J.M. McKenzie Book Prize
Inhaltsangabe
* Table of contents * Preface * Contents * List of tables * Part I Introduction * 1: The English public lawyers' constitution * 2: A social-science-based alternative - veto player theory * Part II The constitution from below * 3: Iain McLean and Alistair McMillan: 1707 and 1800: a treaty (mostly) honoured and a treaty broken * 4: Iain McLean and Jennifer Nou: Why should we be beggars with the ballot in our hand? The 1909 Budget and the House of Lords * 5: Iain McLEan and Tom Lubbock: The curious incident of the guns in the night time - Curragh, Larne and the Constitution * Appendix to Chapter 5. How much did Bonar Law know about the Larne gun-running? * 6: The contradictions of Professor Dicey * 7: auses and consequences of the unionist coup d'état * Part III The erosion of Diceyan ideology * 8: The impact of UK devolution * 9: The impact of Europe * 10: The impact of human rights * a) Appendix to Chapter 10. European Convention on Human Rights and Protocols adopted by the United Kingdom as of 2008. * Part IV Things to leave out of a written constitution * 11: Unelected chambers * 12: Monarchs * a) Appendix to Chapter 12. 'The constitutional position of the sovereign': Letters between king George V and prime minister H. H. Asquith, autumn 1913 * 13: Established churches * Part V Things to put in * 14: We the people * Dramatis personae * References * Index
* Table of contents * Preface * Contents * List of tables * Part I Introduction * 1: The English public lawyers' constitution * 2: A social-science-based alternative - veto player theory * Part II The constitution from below * 3: Iain McLean and Alistair McMillan: 1707 and 1800: a treaty (mostly) honoured and a treaty broken * 4: Iain McLean and Jennifer Nou: Why should we be beggars with the ballot in our hand? The 1909 Budget and the House of Lords * 5: Iain McLEan and Tom Lubbock: The curious incident of the guns in the night time - Curragh, Larne and the Constitution * Appendix to Chapter 5. How much did Bonar Law know about the Larne gun-running? * 6: The contradictions of Professor Dicey * 7: auses and consequences of the unionist coup d'état * Part III The erosion of Diceyan ideology * 8: The impact of UK devolution * 9: The impact of Europe * 10: The impact of human rights * a) Appendix to Chapter 10. European Convention on Human Rights and Protocols adopted by the United Kingdom as of 2008. * Part IV Things to leave out of a written constitution * 11: Unelected chambers * 12: Monarchs * a) Appendix to Chapter 12. 'The constitutional position of the sovereign': Letters between king George V and prime minister H. H. Asquith, autumn 1913 * 13: Established churches * Part V Things to put in * 14: We the people * Dramatis personae * References * Index
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