What are the limits to parliamentary sovereignty? When should the people be able to vote directly on issues? The constitutional theorist Albert Venn Dicey (1835-1922) was a cogent advocate of the referendum. While his enthusiasm for the institution was widely acknowledged in his own day, thereafter...

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1. Verfasser:	Dicey, Albert Venn 1835-1922 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Conti, Gregory 1987- (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2023
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge texts in the history of political thought
Schlagworte:	Representative government and representation / Great Britain Referendum / Great Britain
Online-Zugang:	DE-12 DE-473 URL des Erstveröffentlichers
Zusammenfassung:	What are the limits to parliamentary sovereignty? When should the people be able to vote directly on issues? The constitutional theorist Albert Venn Dicey (1835-1922) was a cogent advocate of the referendum. While his enthusiasm for the institution was widely acknowledged in his own day, thereafter this dimension of his career has been largely neglected. This fall into obscurity is partly explained by the fact that Dicey never collected his writings on referendums into a single volume. Consequently, during the prolonged crisis over Brexit, the implications of Dicey's thought were unclear, despite his standing as a foundational figure in British constitutional law. This timely modern edition brings together Dicey's sophisticated and intricate writings on the referendum, and it covers his attempts to construct a credible theory of democracy on a new intellectual and institutional basis. An original scholarly introduction analyzes Dicey's thought in light of its contemporary context
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Feb 2023) Introduction -- Chronology -- Note on the texts -- Bibliographical note -- The balance of classes (1867) -- Democracy in Switzerland (1890) -- Ought the referendum to be introduced in England? (1890) -- The defence of the Union (1892) -- The referendum (1894) -- Will the form of parliamentary government be permanent? (1899) -- The referendum and its critics (1910) -- The Parliament Act, 1911, and the destruction of all constitutional safeguards (1912) -- Development during the last thirty years of new constitutional ideas (extract from the Introduction to the eighth edition of Introduction to the study of the law of the Constitution, 1915)
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xlix, 216 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781108955799
DOI:	10.1017/9781108955799