TY - BOOK AU - Bromhead, Peter TI - Britin's developing constitution PY - 1974/// CY - New York : PB - St. Martin's Press, KW - Constitutional law -- Great Britain KW - Constitutions KW - Great Britain -- Constitutons N1 - Preface -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- PART I 2. THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE POWER -- 3. APPOINTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER The Manner of Appointment Qualifications for the Office of Prime Minister -- 4. MINISTERIAL AND MINOR OFFICES Ministers: Heads of Departments and Others Minor Offices -- 5. THE OFFICE OF DEPUTY-PRIME MINISTER -- 6. THE APPOINTMENT AND CHOICE OF MINISTERS The Process of Appointment The Choice of Ministers -- 7. THE CABINET AND PRIME MINISTERIAL GOVERNMENT The Size, Structure and Role of the Cabinet Prime Ministerial Government? -- 8. MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY General Definition Individual Responsibility and Dismissal from Office Resignation of a Government Ministerial Responsibility as a Weapon against Dissident Supporters Individual Resignation -- 9. THE ADMINISTRATION -- 10. THE OPPOSITION -- PART II II. PARLIAMENT IN THE CONSTITUTION -- 12. THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS -- 12 BRITAIN'S DEVELOPING CONSTITUTION -- 13. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS TODAY A Variety of Political Roles The Importance of Parliamentary Time The Member's Career Parliament, Nations and Regions A New Role Partly Fulfilled -- 14. THE CONSTITUTION AND THE PEOPLE'S MONEY The Principles of Control Expenditure Taxation -- 15. THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS Types of Legislation -- 16. THE COMMONS AND THE EXECUTIVE -- 17. PARLIAMENT: CONCLUSION The Member and His Constituency The Member and the Nation Reform of Composition, 1958 and 1963 -- 18. THE HOUSE OF LORDS The Lord's Powers Judicial Functioning -- PART III 19. ELECTIONS The Function of Elections The Franchise Laws on the Conduct of Elections The Financing of Persuasion Constituencies The Timing of Elections -- PART IV 20. REGIONS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT -- 21. LOCAL GOVERNMENT Regions -- 22. BRITAIN AND THE EEC Britain's Membership of the EEC The Process of Joining the EEC -- 23. CONCLUSION -- Bibliography For -- Index ER -