The silence of constitutions : gaps, 'abeyances' and political temperament in the maintenance of government / Michael Foley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foley, Michael, 1948- author.

Series:

Routledge Revivals

Routledge revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

Constitutional law--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1989, Michael's Foley's book deals with the 'abeyances' present in both written and unwritten constitutions, arguing that these gaps in the explicitness of a constitution, and the various ways they are preserved, provide the means by which constitutional conflict is continually postponed. Abeyances are valuable, therefore, not in spite of their obscurity, but because of it. The author illustrates his point with analyses of constitutional crises from both sides of the Atlantic. He examines the period leading up to the English civil war in the seventeenth century, an

Contents:

Cover; The Silence of Constitutions; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Part I; 1 The concept and practice of constitutional abeyances; Part II; 2 Constitutional abeyances and crisis conditions: the early Stuart constitution; 3 Constitutional abeyances and crisis conditions: the imperial presidency; 4 Constitutional gaps and the arts of prerogative; Part III; 5 The theory of abeyances and modern constitutional unsettlement in Britain and the United States; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"First published in 1989 by Routledge"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-49845-1

0-203-14254-3

1-283-96887-8

1-136-49846-X

9780203142547

OCLC:

826855820