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Time for a New Constitutional Change

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Richard Holme

    1. London, UK

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  2. Michael Elliott

    1. London, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Richard Holme
      Pages 1-6

  3. Retrospective

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. ‘Time and Chance’: a Constitutional Retrospect

      • Michael Brock
      Pages 9-24

    3. Constitutionalism, Sovereignty and Politics

      • Michael Elliott
      Pages 25-38

  4. Spreading Power

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. Change in Local Government

      • Nicholas Deakin
      Pages 41-56

    3. Sovereignty, Centralism and Devolution

      • Bernard Crick
      Pages 57-80

    4. Britain and Europe: the Myth of Sovereignty

      • Vernon Bogdanor
      Pages 81-99

  5. Redefining Citizenship

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Bill of Rights and Law Reform

      • Lord Scarman
      Pages 103-111

    3. Citizenship and the Modern Social Conflict

      • Ralf Dahrendorf
      Pages 112-125

  6. Revitalising Democracy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. Parties, Parliament and PR

      • Richard Holme
      Pages 129-142

    3. Official Secrecy and Freedom of Information

      • James Cornford
      Pages 143-166

    4. Making Government Responsible to Parliament

      • John Grigg
      Pages 167-180

  7. Improving Government

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
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    2. Whitehall and the Civil Service

      • William Plowden
      Pages 183-195

    3. Conclusion: The Party’s Over

      • Michael Elliott
      Pages 196-198
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About this book

A group of essays, many given at the annual Scarman seminar run by the Constitutional Reform Centre in 1987-88, and now published to coincide with the tercentenary of the Glorious Revolution and the Bill of Rights, re-examining the principles and practice of the constitution since 1688.

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  • London, UK

    Richard Holme, Michael Elliott

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