ISBN:
9780230503366
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 324 p)
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Parallel Title:
Printed edition
Keywords:
Great Britain Politics and government
;
Political science
;
Europe
Abstract:
Reshaping the British Constitution provides a vigorous critique of the deformations of Britain's customary constitution and why it could not effectively stem the growth of a centralized political authority. On this foundation it provides a critical description and assessment of recent constitutional changes including devolution, House of Lords reform, human rights and the encroachment of the European Union. Nevil Johnson suggests that since the reform programme has rested on pragmatic political expediency rather than on coherent thinking about constitutional principles, it is likely to strengthen the familiar deformations of the customary constitution
DOI:
10.1057/9780230503366
