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The New British Constitution


ISBN13: 9781841136714
Published: June 2009
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Paperback
Price: £33.99
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The British constitution, for so long considered entrenched by tradition and history has, since 1997, undergone a process unique in the democratic world - piecemeal transformation from uncodified to codified status. This process, spear-headed by the Human Rights Act and devolution to the non-English parts of the United Kingdom (at present there exists neither the political will nor the consensus to go further) has created a new constitution, characterised by limitation of the powers of Parliament.

The Human Rights Act and the devolution legislation, having the character of fundamental law, in practice limit the rights of Westminster as a sovereign parliament, and establish a constitution which is quasi-federal in nature. And though these reforms, together with Britain's membership of the European Union, do little to secure more popular involvement in politics, they nevertheless serve to replace one constitution by another.

The next phase of constitutional reform is likely to involve the creation of new forms of democratic engagement, so that Britain's constitutional forms come to be more congruent with the social and political forces of the age. The end-point of this piecemeal process might well be a fully codified or written constitution which declares that power stems not from the Queen-in-Parliament, but, instead, as so many constitutions do, from 'We the People'.

This new book, by one of Britain's most respected and experienced constitutional commentators, charts the emergence and significance of these reforms, and evaluates their success as part of a larger historical shift towards the constitutionalising of British democracy. While opinion is sharply divided as to the way forward, the author argues that former Prime Minister Tony Blair's most permanent legacy may well prove to be his championing of a new British constitution. Those seeking an authoritative insight into the state of that constitution need look no further.

Subjects:
Constitutional and Administrative Law
Contents:
PART I: THE OLD CONSTITUTION
1. A Peculiar Constitution
2. The Old Constitution Under Strain
PART II: THE NEW CONSTITUTION
3. The Human Rights Act: Cornerstone of the New Constitution
4. Devolution
5. Hung Parliaments: Governing without a Majority
6. A Reformed House of Lords
7. The Referendum
8. The New Government of London
9. Towards a Written Constitution?
PART III: BEYOND THE NEW CONSTITUTION
10. A New Localism?
11. The Constitutional State
12. Towards a Popular Constitutional State: Democracy and Participation