A provocative study of the British constitution, demolishing many myths surrounding it and offering 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.
A provocative study of the British constitution, demolishing many myths surrounding it and offering 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 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 two OUP books have been awarded the W. J. M. McKenzie Book Prize. He is Professor of Politics at Oxford University, and a fellow of Nuffield College.
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: Causes 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: Causes 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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