British Constitution

Zusatztext compelling new book Informationen zum Autor Anthony King, a Canadian by birth, came to Britain as a Rhodes Scholar. Before moving to the University of Essex in the mid 1960s, he was a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. He has been Professor of Government at Essex since 1969 and has also taught at Princeton and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is a member of the Academia Europaea, a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and an honorary life fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Professor King writes regularly for the Daily Telegraph and broadcasts frequently on politics and elections for the BBC. Klappentext Anthony King, political commentator and distinguished academic, brings a lifetime of insight into a re-examination of the British constitution. Zusammenfassung Anthony King, political commentator and distinguished academic, brings a lifetime of insight into a re-examination of the British constitution. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: What Is a 'Constitution'? 2: The Canonical Sextet 3: Britain's Traditional Constitution 4: The Impetus to Change 5: Britain's Near Abroad 6: The Judges Come Out 7: The Ghost of Local Government 8: John Bull's Other Lands 9: Mandarins as Managers 10: Democracy Rampant 11: References to the People 12: Their Lordships 13: Great British Icons 14: Britain's New Constitution Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Anthony King, Anthony (Professor of Government King
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2007
• EAN: 9780199232321
• ISBN: 978-0-19-923232-1
• No. of pages: 450
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Rechtsgeschichte, England, Wales, Verfassungs- und Verwaltungsrecht, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, LAW / Legal History, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Legal History, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Wales / Cymru