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Constitutional Reform: Reshaping the British Political System 3rd Revised edition


Constitutional Reform: Reshaping the British Political System 3rd Revised edition

Paperback by Brazier, Rodney (Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Manchester)

Constitutional Reform: Reshaping the British Political System

£42.99

ISBN:
9780199233045
Publication Date:
14 Feb 2008
Edition/language:
3rd Revised edition / English
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pages:
190 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 28 May - 2 Jun 2024
Constitutional Reform: Reshaping the British Political System

Description

The third edition of Constitutional Reform examines central government, Parliament, and the judiciary in Britain and proposes an agenda for reform. In addition to issues such as voting reform, reform of House of Lords and how citizens' rights might be better protected, the book considers the best methods through which such changes should be achieved and provides material for the international comparison of constitutions. Whilst the book has been fully revised and updated to provide a retrospective analysis of the major constitutional reforms of Tony Blair's premiership, it is not limited to that government's agenda and includes material on previous government's reforms and Gordon Brown's reform agenda. The third edition includes two new chapters, one on the structure and possible future of the United Kingdom and the other on whether the United Kingdom should adopt a codified constitution. It retains the clarity and lucid writing style of previous editions and features an expanded bibliography enabling readers to follow up points of particular interest. The book provides detailed coverage of British constitutional reform in the early twenty-first century and whilst aimed primarily at students of constitutional law, politics and government, it will also be of interest to the general reader.

Contents

1. The story so far ; 2. Constitution-making ; 3. The parties and the constitution ; 4. Voting reform ; 5. The second chamber paradox ; 6. Ministers' Powers ; 7. A Constitutional Guiding Light ; 8. Union, dissolution or federation? ; 9. Defending rights ; 10. Government, law and the judges ; 11. Codifying the constitution

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