Governing Britain : Parliament, ministers and our ambiguous constitution / Philip Norton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norton, Philip, 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Parliament.

Great Britain.

Constitutional history--Great Britain.

Constitutional history.

Great Britain--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages) : digital file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2020.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Who governs Britain? Is Parliament sovereign? Who chooses the Prime Minister? And who enforces the rules? The United Kingdom is in the throes of political and constitutional conflict. Tensions between different Westminster and Holyrood, and between the UK and the European Union, are part of a wider picture of constitutional flux. The United Kingdom is one of only three nations that does not have the principal provisions of the organs of state, and how they relate to one another and to the citizen, embodied in a single document. Devolution and Brexit have given rise to calls for a codified constitution. But the debate has taken against a background of confusion and uncertainty as to existing constitutional arrangements. We must first understand what already exists and how our constitution works now. This deeply informed and elegantly written book addresses the problems that have arisen in the context of the greatest political crisis our country has faced in decades.-- provided by publisher.

Contents:

Britain's uncodified constitution

Constitutional twin pillars : does parliamentary sovereignty trump the rule of law?

Constitutional conventions : when is a convention not a convention?

The constitution, the EU and Brexit : who governs?

Parliament and the courts : strangers, foes or friends?

The law of Parliament : who polices the rules?

Fixed-term parliaments : fixed or not so fixed?

Choosing, and removing, a prime minister : who decides?

A deputy to the prime minister : a deputy but not a successor?

Ministerial responsibility : responsibility for what?

Devolution : a disunited union?

Notes:

Full-text access granted as courtesy of MUP during COVID-19 emergency.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher's data.

ISBN:

9781526150240

1526150247

OCLC:

1153316363