Since its first edition in 1985, The Changing Constitution has cemented its reputation for providing concise, scholarly and thought-provoking essays on the key issues surrounding the UK’s constitutional development, and the current debates around reform.
The ninth edition of this highly successful volume is published at a time of accelerated constitutional change. This collection of essays brings together fourteen expert contributors to offer an invaluable source of material and analysis for all students of constitutional law and politics. It clarifies the scope of the powers exercised by central, devolved and local governments within the UK, and the relationship between Britain, the EU and other regional and international legal systems.
Part I: The Constitutional Framework
1: The rule of law, Sir Jeffrey Jowell QC
2: Parliamentary sovereignty in a changing constitutional landscape, Mark Elliott
3: Human rights and the UK constitution, Colm O’Cinneide
4: Brexit and the constitution, Paul Craig
5: The internationalization of public law and its impact on the UK, David Feldman
Part II: The Institutional Context
6: Parliament: the best of times, the worst of times?, Lord Norton of Louth
7: The executive in public law,, Thomas Poole
8: The foundations of justice, Andrew Le Sueur
9: Devolution – Northern Ireland, Brice Dickson
10: Devolution – Scotland, Aileen McHarg
11: Devolution – Wales, Richard Rawlings
Part III: New Directions?
12: The relationship between Parliament, the Executive, and the Judiciary, Alison Young
13: Information: public access, protecting privacy, and surveillance, Patrick Birkinshaw
14: A federal UK?, John McEldowney
15: The democratic case for a written constitution, Jeff King
Arthur Hilserand. Jurista y civilista. Graduado por la Universidad de París. Ejercitó la profesión de forense en Budapest.
Con su obra sobre las obligaciones precontractuales se trato ampliamente, por primera vez, la materia en el derecho francés.
