Albert Venn Dicey : writings on democracy and the referendum / edited by Gregory Conti ; Albert Venn Dicey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dicey, A. V. (Albert Venn), 1835-1922, author.

Contributor:

Conti, Gregory, 1987- editor.

Series:

Cambridge texts in the history of political thought

Standardized Title:

Essays. Selections. 2023

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Representative government and representation--Great Britain.

Representative government and representation.

Referendum--Great Britain.

Referendum.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xlix, 216 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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).

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781108955799 (ebook)

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