Repairing British Politics
Hart Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5099-7911-0 (ISBN)
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The 1st edition of this seminal text was written as a response to the constitutional crisis of 2009, sparked by the 'expenses scandal', which led a general distrust of our entire political order.
A decade on, it is no exaggeration to say that the situation has dramatically deteriorated. The UK’s constitutional order faces an existential crisis, with Brexit placing unbearable pressure on the political and legal architecture. All this makes the need for a written Constitution more pronounced. Retaining the easily accessible style of the first edition, this book addresses how this might be put in place.
Part 1 sets out a number of arguments in favour of a written Constitution, as well as the most common objections. Part 2 presents a working draft in the form of one possible model for a Constitution. Observations and explanatory notes are attached to each section of this draft Constitution. This model Constitution is intended as the first stage in a public debate, designed to provoke further discussion about the content and method of legislating into law a written Constitution. Part 3 contains the draft of the Act of Parliament that would be needed to introduce any form of constitutional change.
Rarely has a book been more timely or essential.
Richard Gordon KC, a member of Brick Court Chambers, London, is recognised as one of the UK's leading silks in administrative and public law and human rights. He is a Visiting Professor at University College London and at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has acted in many of the most important public law and human rights cases in recent years, and appears regularly before the House of Lords and Court of Appeal and in foreign jurisdictions as well as before the ECJ and European Court of Human Rights.
Glossary of Essential Terms
Part 1: Setting the Scene
1. Outline of the Book
2. Why We Need a Written Constitution
3. Power to the People
4. Power Sustaining Devices
5. Parliamentary Sovereignty
6. No-one Ever Voted for Parliamentary Sovereignty
7. Why Parliamentary Sovereignty Doesn’t Work
8. The Need for a Public Debate
9. The Virtues of Representative Democracy
10. Drafting a Written Constitution: The Practicalities
11. Contents of a Written Constitution
12. Repairing British Politics: The Proposals
13. Towards the Future
Part 2: A Draft Constitution for the United Kingdom
1. The State and the Constitution
2. Lawmaking
3. The House of Representatives
4. The Senate
5. Executive Government
6. Emergency Powers
7. Political Parties
8. The Judiciary
9. Fundamental Rights, Freedoms and Responsibilities
10. The Citizens’ Branch
11. Other Aspects of Government
12. Constitutional Conventions
13. Constitutional Changes and Referendums
14. Interpretation and Final Matters
Part 3: The Constitution of Britain (Referendums) Act
1. Referendum on a Written Constitution
2. Second Referendum on the Content of a Written Constitution
3. Implementation of the Second Referendum
4. Supplementary
5. Schedules
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.2.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5099-7911-5 / 1509979115 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5099-7911-0 / 9781509979110 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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