1688-1988: time for a new constitution
1688-1988: time for a new constitution
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Edition Details
- Creators or Attribution (Responsibility): Richard Holme, Michael Elliott
- Language: English
- Jurisdiction(s): England
- Publication Information: Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1988
- Type: Book
- Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/1688-1988-time-for-a-new-constitution/ (Stable identifier)
Additional Format
Online version: 1688-1988. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1988 (OCoLC)579644990
Short Description
[224] pages ; 22 cm
Purpose and Intended Audience
Useful for students learning an area of law, 1688-1988: time for a new constitution is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.
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Bibliographic information
- Responsable Person: edited by Richard Holme and Michael Elliott.
- Publication Date: 1988
- Country/State: England
- Number of Editions: 13 editions
- First edition Date: 1988
- Last edition Date: 1990
- Languages: British English
- Library of Congress Code: KD3989
- Dewey Code: 344.1023
- ISBN: 0333467019 9780333467015 0333467027 9780333467022
- OCLC: 18326632
Main Contents
Time and chance – a constitutional retrospective, M.Brock; constitutionalism and the new politics, M.Elliot; change in local government, N.Deakin; sovereignty, centralism and devolution, B.Crick; Britain and Europe – the myth of sovereignty, V.Bogdanor; Bill of Rights and law reform, Lord Scarman; citizenship and the modern social conflict, R.Dahrendorf; parties, parliament and PR, R.Holme; official secrecy and freedom of information, J.Cornford; making government responsible to parliament, J.Grigg; Whitehall and the Civil Service, W.Plowden.
Summary Note
A group of essays, many given at the annual Scarman seminar run by the Constitutional Reform Centre in 1987-88, and now published to coincide with the tercentenary of the Glorious Revolution and the Bill of Rights, re-examining the principles and practice of the constitution since 1688. ”’
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