Does the United Kingdom Still Have a Constitution? (Hamlyn Lectures)

Does the United Kingdom Still Have a Constitution? (Hamlyn Lectures)

by Anthony King (Author)

Synopsis

This book examines the British constitutional tradition and explores where it is now heading. * Presents the views of a leading political scientist on major constitutional issues * Accessible text makes it an ideal student purchase * Describes no fewer than a dozen major constitutional changes that have taken place over the past 30 years * Claims that, whereas the traditional constitution was based on certain fixed and defensible principles, the new constitution is not based on any principles at all.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell
Published: 06 Apr 2001

ISBN 10: 042174930X
ISBN 13: 9780421749306

Media Reviews
insightful... King demonstrates how power hoarded is not always power easy to wield. Dilys M. Hill, Parliamentary Affairs, April 2002.