The new British constitution /

Bogdanor, Vernon, 1943-

The new British constitution / Vernon Bogdanor. - Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2009. - xiii, 319 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Part I: The old constitution. - 1. A Peculiar constitution. - 2. The Old constitution under strain. -- PART II: The new constitution. - 3. The Human rights act: cornerstone of the new constitution. - 4. Devolution. - 5. Hung parliaments: governing without a majority. - 6. A reformed house of lords. - 7. The referendum. - 8. The new government of London. - 9. Towards a written constitution? -- Part III: Beyond the new constitution.10. A new localism? - 11. - The constitutional state. - 12. Towards a popular constitutional state: democracy and participation.

9781841131498 (hbk.) 1841131490 (hbk.)


Constitutional law--Great Britain.


Great Britain--Politics and government--21st century

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