Essays on the history of parliamentary procedure : in honour of Thomas Erskine May / edited by Paul Evans.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Evans, Paul, 1955- editor.

May, Thomas Erskine, 1815-1886, honouree.

Series:

Hart studies in constitutional law ; Volume 7.

Hart studies in constitutional law ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

May, Thomas Erskine, 1815-1886.

May, Thomas Erskine.

Great Britain. Parliament--Rules and practice.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords--History.

Constitutional law--Great Britain.

Constitutional law.

Parliamentary practice--Great Britain--History.

Parliamentary practice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [UK] ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2018.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

8 February 2015 marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Erskine May. May is the most famous of the fifty holders of the office of Clerk of the House of Commons. His continued renown arises from his Treatise upon the Law, Privileges, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament, first published in 1844 and with its 25th edition currently in preparation. It is known throughout those parts of the world that model their constitutional arrangements on Westminster as the 'Bible of Parliamentary Procedure'. This volume celebrates both the man and his book. Bringing together current and former Clerks in the House of Commons and outside experts, the contributors analyse May's profound contribution to the shaping of the modern House of Commons, as it made the transition from the pre-Reform Act House to the modern core of the UK's constitutional democracy in his lifetime. This is perhaps best symbolised by its enforced transition between 1834 and 1851 from a mediaeval slum to the World Heritage Palace of Westminster, which is the most iconic building in the UK. The book also considers the wider context of parliamentary law and procedure, both before and after May's time. It constitutes the first sustained analysis of the development of parliamentary procedure in over half a century, attempting to situate the reforms in the way the central institution of our democracy conducts itself in the political contexts which drove those changes

Contents:

The House of Lords, 1911-2011 : a century of non-reform

Chris Ballinger

Parliament and the law

edited by Alexander Horne, Gavin Drewry, and Dawn Oliver

Law in politics, politics in law

edited by David Feldman

Paliamentary sovereignty in the UK Constitution

Michael Gordon

Parliament : legislation and accountability

edited by Alexander Horne and Andrew Le Sueur

The Codes of the Constitution

Andrew Blick.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781509900237

1509900233

9781509900213

1509900217

9781509900220

1509900225

OCLC:

1135568454