The Rape of the Constitution?Lord Hailsham once remarked that if you removed a brick from the wall of the British constitution, the building was likely to collapse; yet New Labour has embarked on a reckless path of constitutional change, with little regard for the long-term consequences. Has the increase in executive power turned Bagehot's disguised republic' into an elective dictatorship? |
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Continguts
Bagehot Revisited | 1 |
Tony Benn How Democratic is Britain? | 33 |
Jonathan Freedland Ten Steps to the Revolution | 61 |
Gillian Peele New Structures Old Politics? | 115 |
Simon Hughes and Duncan Brack Power Politics | 129 |
Nevil Johnson Parliament Pensioned Off? | 145 |
Bernard Weatherill The Law of Unforseen Consequences | 163 |
Peter Carrington The Lords are ALeaping | 187 |
J R Lucas Constitution and Democracy | 199 |
The Democratic Case | 213 |
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Informació bibliogràfica
| Títol | The Rape of the Constitution? |
| Editor | Keith Sutherland |
| Col·laborador | Michael J. Beloff |
| Editor | Imprint Academic, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0907845703, 9780907845706 |
| Nre. de pàgines | 370 pàgines |
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