Parliament : legislation and accountability / edited by Alexander Horne and Andrew Le Sueur.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horne, Alexander, editor.

Le Sueur, A. P. (Andrew P.), editor.

Series:

Hart studies in constitutional law.

Hart studies in constitutional law ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legislation--Great Britain.

Legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of essays by leading academics, lawyers, parliamentarians and parliamentary officials provides a critical assessment of the UK Parliament's two main constitutional roles-as a legislature and as the preeminent institution for calling government to account. Both functions are undergoing change and facing new challenges. Part 1 (Legislation) includes chapters on Parliament's emerging responsibilities for pre-legislative scrutiny of government Bills and for evaluating proposed legislation against explicit constitutional standards. The impact on legislation of the European Union and the growing influence of the House of Lords are also examined. Part 2 (Accountability) investigates how Parliament operates to scrutinise areas of executive action previously often shielded from effective parliamentary oversight, including national security, war-making powers and administrative justice. There are also chapters on parliamentary reform, including analysis of the House of Commons 'Wright reforms', parliamentary sovereignty, privilege and the European Convention on Human Rights, Euroscepticism, and parliamentary sovereignty and the regulation of lobbyists. The book will be of interest to anyone who is curious about the work of Parliament and is aimed at legal academics, practitioners and political scientists

Contents:

Foreword

Lord Lisvane

Introduction

Alexander Horne and Andrew Le Sueur

What is the parliamentary scrutiny of legislation for?

Sir Stephen Laws

Pre-legislative scrutiny

Jessica Mulley and Helen Kinghorn

Parliament's constitutional standards

Jack Simson Caird and Dawn Oliver

European scrutiny

Paul Hardy

Legislative scrutiny in the House of Lords

Philip Norton (Lord Norton of Louth)

Parliamentary reform and the accountability of government to the house of commons

Richard Kelly and Lucinda Maer

The regulation of lobbyists

Oonagh Gay

Robot government : automated decision-making and its implications for parliament

Andrew Le Sueur

Parliament and national security

Alexander Horne and Clive Walker

Parliament and international treaties

Arabella Lang

Sovereignty, privilege and the european convention on human rights

Alexander Horne and Hélène Tyrrell

Euroscepticism and parliamentary sovereignty : the lingering shadows of Factortame and Thoburn

Gavin Drewry.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781509906468

1509906460

9781509906451

1509906452

OCLC:

945804380