Since its first edition in 1985, The Changing Constitution has cemented its reputation for providing concise, scholarly and thought-provoking essays on the key issues surrounding the UK's constitutional development, and the current debates around reform.
The ninth edition of this highly successful volume is published at a time of accelerated constitutional change. This collection of essays brings together fourteen expert contributors to offer an invaluable source of material and analysis for all students of constitutional law and politics. It clarifies the scope of the powers exercised by central, devolved and local governments within the UK, and the relationship between Britain, the EU and other regional and international legal systems.
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Part I: The Constitutional Framework
1: Sir Jeffrey Jowell QC: The rule of law
2: Mark Elliott: Parliamentary sovereignty in a changing constitutional landscape
3: Colm O'Cinneide: Human rights and the UK constitution
4: Paul Craig: Brexit and the constitution
5: David Feldman: The internationalization of public law and its impact on the UK
Part II: The Institutional Context
6: Lord Norton of Louth: Parliament: the best of times, the worst of times?
7: Thomas Poole: The executive in public law,
8: Andrew Le Sueur: The foundations of justice
9: Brice Dickson: Devolution - Northern Ireland
10: Aileen McHarg: Devolution - Scotland
11: Richard Rawlings: Devolution - Wales
Part III: New Directions?
12: The relationship between Parliament, the Executive, and the Judiciary, Alison Young
13: Patrick Birkinshaw: Information: public access, protecting privacy, and surveillance
14: John McEldowney: A federal UK?
15: The democratic case for a written constitution, Jeff King
