Subjects:

Constitutional and Administrative Law

Contents:

Robert Blake: Constitutional Monarchy - The Prerogative Powers

Kenneth O. Morgan: New Labour and the New Premiership

Vernon Bogdanor: Devolution and the Constitution

Dawn Oliver: Ministerial Accountability: What and Where are the Parameters?

Diana Woodhouse: Individual Ministerial Responsibility and a Dash of Principle

Nevil Johnson: Convention, Prescription, and Law in the British Constitution

Philip Norton: Parliamentary Procedure: The Hidden Power

David Butler: Elections: Legislation and Litigation

John Griffith: Geoffrey Marshal and Public Law - The Early Years

Gavin Drewry: Bridging the Chasm: Public Law and Political Science

Robert Summers: Interpreting Statutes in Great Britian and the United States: Should Courts Consider Materials of Legislative History?

William Reid: The Ombudsman

David Williams: Police Accountability: Four Cases and a Statute

Robert Summers: A Bibliography of Geoffrey Marshall's Writings.

Increasingly, in contemporary British politics, the spotlight is being thrown on issues of constitutional change and reform. The late 1990s has marked a period of significant constitutional change and political reform. The varied contributions in this book, from scholars in the fields of politics and constitutional law, tackle the key questions troubling politicians and observers of politics in this time of acute constitutional change. This book is a tribute to the diverse scholarship of Geoffrey Marshall, who has been an outstanding figure in the study of law and politics, and a writer of authority on constitutional matters.;This book is intended for students and scholars of politics and constitutional law.