Some problems of the constitution

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Creators or Attribution (Responsibility): Graeme C. Moodie, Geoffrey Marshall
Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): England
Publication Information: London, Hutchinson, 1967
Type: Book
Series title: Hutchinson university library., Politics.
Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/some-problems-of-the-constitution/ (Stable identifier)

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172 pages 22 cm.

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Useful for students learning an area of law, Some problems of the constitution is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

Responsable Person: [by] Geoffrey Marshall & Graeme C. Moodie.
Publication Date: 1967
Country/State: England
Number of Editions: 61 editions
First edition Date: 1959
Last edition Date: 1971
Languages: British English
Library of Congress Code: KD3989
Dewey Code: 342.4203
ISBN: 0090532430 9780090532438 0090532449 9780090532445
OCLC: 558653

Main Contents

Preface
1. On describing the Constitution
1. The sources of the Constitution
2. ‘The people’
3. The characteristics of the Constitution
4. The scope of the Constitution
5. Constitutional fictions
6. Non-legal rules
2. Conventions
1. The meaning of ‘conventions’
2. Conventions and usages
3. Establishing conventions
4. Precedents
5. Obedience to conventions
6. The enactment of conventions
3. Ministerial responsibility and the Crown
1. Conventional responsibility
2. The personal prerogatives
3. Dissolution, dismissal, and assent
4. Selection of a Prime Minister
5. The example of 1957
6. The example of 1931
7. The example of 1963
8. Mr Heath’s selection as Conservative Leader, 1965
4. Ministerial responsibility and parliament
1. The meaning of ministerial responsibility
2. Collective responsibility
3. Individual responsibility
4. Responsibility for Civil Servants
5. Ministerial responsibility and the Courts
1. Responsibility to Parliament
2. Judicial control and the parliamentary process
6. The debate on ministers’ powers since Dicey
1. The growth of administrative powers
2. The ‘public interest principle’
3. The influence of consitutional and political theories
4. The establishment VIew
5. The analysis of the Committee on Ministers’ powers
6. The Franks Committee Report
7. The Tribunals and Inquiries Act, 1958
8. The Parliamentary Commissioner
7. Members, minisers and the people
1. Public pressure and influence
2. Public criticism
3. The freedom of debate and ‘proceedings’
8. Some footnotes on ministers and ministerial responsibility
1. Deputy Prime Minister
2. Responsibility for Dissolution and Prerogative Acts
3. ‘Grand inquest of the nation’
4. Government policy and party policy
5. Judicial criticism and parliamentary reflection
6. The Law Officers and ministerial responsibility
7. Opposition responsibility
8. ‘Overlords’ and ministerial responsibility
9. Ministerial refusal of information
10. Suez and parliamentary accountability
11. Accountability and the interdependence of policy
12. Administrative policy and specialised committees.

Some problems of the constitution

Some problems of the constitution