The United Kingdom Constitution
an introduction
- ISBN: 9780198852322
- Editorial: Oxford University Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2022
- Lugar de la edición: Oxford. Reino Unido
- Colección: Clarendon Law Series
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 22 cm
- Nº Pág.: 368
- Idiomas: Inglés
This volume provides an introduction to the United Kingdom's constitution that recognises and embraces its historical, social, political, and legal dimensions. It critically examines the radical changes to the UK constitution that have occurred over the last thirty years, paying particular attention to the revival of the constituent territories of the UK - Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and England - and to the increasing role played by the judges in constitutional disputes. The UK constitution is presented as being shaped by a set of constitutional principles, including state sovereignty, separation of powers, democracy, subsidiarity, and the rule of law, principles which set the overall structure of the constitution and inform statutes and the decisions of judges. Adopting a principled approach to the UK constitution allows us to see both the clarity of the constitution's structure and also helps explain its complexities.
Part 1: Sovereignty
2:Introduction to constitutions
3:The Legal Constitution: Legal Orders
4:The Legal Constitution: Common Law, Prerogative, and Privilege
5:The Legal Constitution: Statutes
6:Political Constitution: Constitutional Conventions
7:Constructing State Sovereignty
Part 2: Separation of Powers
8:Introduction to the Separation of Powers
9:Courts
10:Legislatures
11:Executive
12:Realising the Separation of Powers
Part 3: Subsidiarity
13:Introduction to the Regionalisation of Power
14: Wales
15:Scotland
16:Northern Ireland
17:England and Elsewhere
18:Realising Subsidiarity
Part 4: The State and its People
19:Introduction to States and People
20:The Rule of Law and Liberty
21:Rights
22:Becoming Citizens
