Reshaping the British constitution: essays in political interpretation
Has recent constitutional reform in Britain been merely pragmatic adaptation of past practices or the introduction of new principles? Nevil Johnson sets out to tackle that question.
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| Summary: | Has recent constitutional reform in Britain been merely pragmatic adaptation of past practices or the introduction of new principles? Nevil Johnson sets out to tackle that question. |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (318-320) and index |
| Physical Description: | XII, 324 S. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0333946197 0333946200 9780333946190 9780333946206 |
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| adam_text | Contents
Preface
xi
Introduction
1
Part
I The Underpinnings of a Customary
Constitution
7
1
Constitutions
and Constitutionalism
9
The constitution as
practice
9
Customary and codified constitutions: is Britain so exceptional?
11
The underpinnings of liberal constitutionalism
15
Some implications of a customary constitution
18
Notes
20
2
Foundations and Principles
21
Consent and rights
21
The rise and fall of negative liberty
25
Authority and sovereignty
28
A parliamentary executive
31
Weakening the foundations of the customary constitution
34
Notes
38
3
Institutional Pluralism and Subsidiarity
40
A heritage of diffused powers: local self-government
40
England s partners within the United Kingdom
44
Pluralism harnessed to public purposes
46
No theory of the State, but more power for the central
government
48
Notes
52
Part II Institutions and Practices under the
Customary Constitution
55
4
Symbols of Unity: Monarchy and Religious Establishment
57
Constitutional monarchy
57
Symbolic and representational roles
61
The Crown as a legal construct
62
Crown and Church
67
The churches established by law
70
The monarchy, the Church and the moral life of the nation
74
A rationalisation of monarchy?
75
Notes
76
VII
viii Contents
5
A Parliamentary Government: the Executive Power
79
A parliamentary executive
79
From cabinet government to prime-ministerial government
81
Responsibility and accountability in constitutional theory
85
Accountability at large: the impulse to blame
90
The constitutional status of civil servants
94
The discretion of ministers as a centralising dynamic
97
Notes
100
6
Parliament: the Foundation of Legitimacy
102
The House of Commons and the function of control
103
The function of legislating
106
From administrative to political scrutiny 111
Institutional differentiation within the House of Commons
117
The House of Lords
124
What survives of sovereignty and government in and
through Parliament?
129
Notes
136
7
The Judiciary in the Constitution
140
The independence of the judiciary
140
The judiciary as interpreter of the common law
144
Recognition of a domain of public law
149
The judiciary in public life and popular involvement in
administering justice
153
Notes
156
Part III Reshaping the Constitution
159
8
The Customary Constitution in the Melting-pot
161
The reform agenda
161
The rhetoric of reform:
démocratisation
and modernisation
166
Discarding history and tradition
168
Notes
172
9
Institutional Innovation: Devolution and Decentralisation
173
Devolution models: the scheme for Scotland
173
Devolution model
2:
devising a scheme for Northern Ireland
182
Devolution model
3:
a qualified scheme for Wales
188
The models of devolution compared
193
Further steps towards decentralisation in the reform
programme
199
Notes
206
10
Reform at the Centre: the Primacy of Politics
209
Reform in Parliament: the House of Lords
210
Contents
ix
Reforming the House of Commons
216
The political executive: presidential pretensions
223
Politicians and officials: the weakening of the civil
service ethos
228
Notes
235
11
Human Rights and the Reinforcement of the Judiciary
23 7
From liberties and privileges to a code of rights
237
Incorporation of the European convention of rights into
British law
240
The initial impact of the Human Rights Act
1998 245
Human rights decisions: some illustrative examples of
judicial conclusions
248
Innovation and continuity in interpreting rights
251
Proposals for further institutional reforms affecting
the judiciary
255
Notes
258
12
The European Union: Towards a European Constitution
261
From the European Communities to a European Union
261
The impact on discretion in policy and law-making
264
British law and
EU
law: who interprets what?
268
Enlargement of the
EU
and the prospect of a constitution
for Europe
272
Playing down the consequences of ever closer union
278
Notes
281
13
Beyond Custom and Tradition: the Politics of What Works
284
The nature of the process of constitutional reform
284
From precedent and history to performance and the future
286
How is the form of government to be designated?
288
Pluralism, diffusion of powers, checks and balances
296
The rule of law and the rights of citizens
300
The erosion of self-government
304
Reshaping the constitution to suit the needs of
elective dictatorship
308
Notes
315
Bibliography
318
Political institutions and politics
318
Law and the constitution
319
Theory and history
319
Church and State
319
Index
321
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