The changing constitution
The changing constitution
- Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1985
- 377 p. ; 33 cm
List of Contributors --
Table of Cases --
Table of Statutes --
PART I. TRADITIONAL DOCTRINE REVIEWED --
1. The Rule of Law Today Jeffrey Jowell --
2. The Sovereignty of Parliament-in Perpetuity? A. W. Bradley Colin Turpin --
3. Ministerial Responsibility: Myth or Reality? --
4. The Theory and Practice of Modern British Democracy Anthony H. Birch --
PART II. MODERN BRITISH GOVERNMENT: PRACTICE AND PROBLEMS --
5. The Parties and Parliament: Representative or Intra-party Democracy ? Dawn Oliver Gavin Drewry --
6. Select Committees and Back-bench Power --
7. The Control of Public Expenditure Michael Elliott --
8. The Executive Power Today: Bargaining and Economic Control Terence Daintith --
9. Who Controls Quangos and the Nationalized Industries? Norman Lewis --
10. Central-Local Relations: The Balance of Power Malcolm Grant --
11. The Police: Independence and Accountability Geoffrey Marshall --
PART III. TOWARDS CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM --
12. The Constitution: Decline and Renewal Anthony Lester David Butler --
13. Electoral Reform --
14. Regional Devolution David Marquand --
15. Freedom of Information: The Constitutional Impact --
Rodney Austin --
Index.
Great Britain -- Connstitutions
List of Contributors --
Table of Cases --
Table of Statutes --
PART I. TRADITIONAL DOCTRINE REVIEWED --
1. The Rule of Law Today Jeffrey Jowell --
2. The Sovereignty of Parliament-in Perpetuity? A. W. Bradley Colin Turpin --
3. Ministerial Responsibility: Myth or Reality? --
4. The Theory and Practice of Modern British Democracy Anthony H. Birch --
PART II. MODERN BRITISH GOVERNMENT: PRACTICE AND PROBLEMS --
5. The Parties and Parliament: Representative or Intra-party Democracy ? Dawn Oliver Gavin Drewry --
6. Select Committees and Back-bench Power --
7. The Control of Public Expenditure Michael Elliott --
8. The Executive Power Today: Bargaining and Economic Control Terence Daintith --
9. Who Controls Quangos and the Nationalized Industries? Norman Lewis --
10. Central-Local Relations: The Balance of Power Malcolm Grant --
11. The Police: Independence and Accountability Geoffrey Marshall --
PART III. TOWARDS CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM --
12. The Constitution: Decline and Renewal Anthony Lester David Butler --
13. Electoral Reform --
14. Regional Devolution David Marquand --
15. Freedom of Information: The Constitutional Impact --
Rodney Austin --
Index.
Great Britain -- Connstitutions
