TY - BOOK AU - Bogdanor,Vernon TI - The new British constitution SN - 9781841131498 (hbk.) U1 - 342.4202 PY - 2009/// CY - Oxford PB - Hart Publishing KW - Constitutional law KW - Great Britain KW - Politics and government KW - 21st century N1 - 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 ER -