Parliamentary sovereignty in the UK constitution: process, politics and democracy

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Edition Details

Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): M. Gordon
Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): England
Publication Information: Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, [2015]
Type: Book
Series title: Hart studies in constitutional law, volume 4.
Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/parliamentary-sovereignty-in-the-uk-constitution-process-politics-and-democracy/ (Stable identifier)

Short Description

XII, 366 pages ; 24 cm.

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Parliamentary sovereignty in the UK constitution: process, politics and democracy is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

Responsable Person: Michael Gordon.
Publication Date: 2015
Country/State: England
Number of Editions: 8 editions
First edition Date: 2015
Last edition Date: 2015
Languages: British English
Library of Congress Code: KD4210
Dewey Code: 342.41052
ISBN: 9781849464659 1849464650
OCLC: 905722971

Main Contents

The function and VIrtue of parliamentary sovereignty
The manner and form theory of parliamentary sovereignty
The non-critical challenges : devolution, the Human Rights Act and common law constitutionalism
UK membership of the European Union
Jackson
The European Union Act 2011
A democratic justification of the manner and form theory
The potential utility of the manner and form theory.

Summary Note

The status of the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty in the contemporary UK constitution is much contested. This book develops an account of the continuing significance of the doctrine.

Parliamentary sovereignty in the UK constitution: process, politics and democracy

Parliamentary sovereignty in the UK constitution: process, politics and democracy