The English Constitution : refoundation, restoration, and reform / W. Elliot Bulmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bulmer, W. Elliot, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--England.

Constitutional law.

Constitutional history--England.

Constitutional history.

Constitutional law--Great Britain.

Constitutional history--Great Britain.

National characteristics, English.

Great Britain--Politics and government.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2025.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Biography/History:

W. Elliot Bulmer is an independent scholar of constitutional democracy and a former Senior Advisor on Constitution Building for the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.

Summary:

This book centres constitutional reform in discussions of England and Englishness, and centres England in debates on constitutional reform. It includes the text of a constitution that builds on the heritage and tradition of Westminster Model democracy, combining long-overdue reforms with the restoration of neglected constitutional norms and values.

Contents:

The English constitution : refoundation, restoration, and reform

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. The collapse of the unwritten constitution

2. Unravelling of the United Kingdom

3. Rediscovering England, reclaiming Englishness

4. Liberty according to English ideas and on English principles

5. Restoration and reform

6. Constitution-building and the way forward

7. Good government and political culture

Annex. Draft Constitution

Preamble

Chapter I: The State and the Constitution

Chapter II: Fundamental Rights and Freedoms

Chapter III: Directive Principles

Chapter IV: Head of State

Chapter V: Executive

Chapter VI: Parliament

Chapter VII: Judiciary

Chapter VIII: Finance

Chapter IX: Public Service

Chapter X: Local Government

Chapter XI: Elections, Referendums, and Parties

Chapter XII: Independent Commissions

Chapter XIII: Miscellaneous Provisions

Chapter XIV: The United Kingdom

Chapter XV: Final and Transitional Provisions

First Schedule – Oaths

Second Schedule – Regions, Counties, and Cities

Third Schedule – Reserved and Devolved Powers

Fourth Schedule – Entrenched Provisions

Fifth Schedule – ‘Nolan’ Principles

Sixth Schedule – The United Kingdom

Seventh Schedule – Transitional Provisions

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher-supplied metadata; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

1-5261-9001-X

1-5261-9004-4

OCLC:

1535403095