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Klappentext "This ground-breaking volume brings together the methods and insights of historians, lawyers and students of politics to give readers an appreciation not only of the historical development, legal nature and political importance of the constitution, but also of its general relevance to all aspects of human social life"-- Zusammenfassung The first volume of this ground-breaking work approaches the history of the United Kingdom's constitution from various scholarly perspectives, providing historically sensitive discussions of constitutional actors and institutions, and of political traditions and transformations of the constitution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Perspectives: 1. The historical constitution H. Kumarasingham; 2. Law and the constitution Peter Cane; 3. Political constitutionalism Richard Bellamy; 4. The economic constitution Tony Prosser; 5. Religion and the constitution to 1688 Pippa Catterall; 6. Religion and the constitution since the glorious revolution Pippa Catterall; 7. The social democratic constitution K. D. Ewing; 8. The constitution of rights Peter Cane; 9. The people and the constitution Vernon Bogdanor; 10. Constitutional theory and thought Jeffrey Goldsworthy; Part II. Actors and institutions: 11. Monarchy Edward Cavanagh; 12. Legislatures Mike Gordon; 13. The executive and the administration Janet McLean; 14. Judiciaries Joshua Getzler; 15. Coercive institutions Brice Dickson; 16. Locality, regionality, and centrality Luke Blaxill; 17. Political parties Robert Crowcroft; PART III. Politics: 18. Conservatism Asanga Welikala; 19. Liberalism Emily Jones; 20. Socialism Stephen Sedley; 21. Unionism James Mitchell and Alan Convery; 22. Nationalism Michael Keating.
