{"product_id":"sceptical-perspectives-on-the-changing-constitution-of-the-united-kingdom-9781509963706","title":"Sceptical Perspectives on the Changing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines the far-reaching changes made to the constitution in the United Kingdom in recent decades.  It considers the way these reforms have fragmented power, once held centrally through the Crown-in-Parliament, by means of devolution, referendums, and judicial reform. It examines the reshaping of the balance of power between the executive, legislature, and the way that prerogative powers have been curtailed by statute and judicial ruling.  It focuses on the Human Rights Act and the creation of the UK Supreme Court, which emboldened the judiciary to limit executive action and even to challenge Parliament, and argues that many of these symbolised an attempt to shift the ‘political’ constitution to a ‘legal’ one.  Many virtues have been ascribed to these reforms. To the extent that criticism exists, it is often to argue that these reforms do not go far enough. An elected upper chamber, regional English parliaments, further electoral reform, and a codified constitution are common tonics prescribed by commentators from this point of view. This volume adopts a different approach. It provides a critical evaluation of these far-reaching reforms, drawing from the expertise of highly respected academics and experienced political figures from both the left and right. The book is an invaluable source of academic expertise and practical insights for the interested public, students, policymakers, and journalists, who too often are only exposed to the ‘further reform’ position.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction - The Case for the Political Constitution, \u003ci\u003eRichard Johnson (Queen Mary, University of London, UK) and Yuan Yi Zhu (University of Oxford, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart I : The Political Constitution and the Law\u003c\/b\u003e 1. A (Brief) Case Against Constitutional Supremacy, \u003ci\u003eBrian Christopher Jones (University of Sheffield, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 2. Judicial Encroachment on the Political Constitution?, \u003ci\u003eCarol Harlow KC (LSE, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 3. Legislative Freedom and Its Consequences, \u003ci\u003eRichard Ekins (University of Oxford, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 4. A Great Forgetting: Common Law, Natural Law, and the Human Rights Act, \u003ci\u003eMichael Foran (University of Glasgow, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 5. Law and Politics:  The Nightmare and the Noble Dream, \u003ci\u003eRt Hon Sir Robert Buckland KC MP (Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, 2019-21)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart II: Westminster and Whitehall\u003c\/b\u003e 6. The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011: Out, Out Brief Candle, \u003ci\u003eRobert Craig (University of Bristol, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 7. Reform of the House of Commons: A Sceptical View on Progress, \u003ci\u003eTony McNulty (Queen Mary, University of London, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 8. The House of Lords: A Sceptical View of Big Bang Reform, \u003ci\u003ePhilip Norton, Lord Norton of Louth (Hull, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 9. Accountability and Electoral Reform, \u003ci\u003eJasper Miles (Queen Mary, University of London, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 10. Delegated Legislation in an Unprincipled Constitution, \u003ci\u003eHayley Hooper (University of Oxford, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 11. A Defence of the Dual Legal-Political Nature of the Attorney General for England and Wales, \u003ci\u003eConor Casey (University of Liverpool, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 12. The Public Appointments System, \u003ci\u003eJohn Bowers KC (University of Oxford, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 13. Standards and the British Constitution, \u003ci\u003eGillian Peele (University of Oxford, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart III: Beyond Westminster and Whitehall\u003c\/b\u003e 14. Devolving and Not Forgetting, \u003ci\u003eVernon Bogdanor (King’s College London, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 15. Scottish Secession and the Political Constitution of the UK, \u003ci\u003ePeter Reid and  Asanga Welikala (both of University of Edinburgh, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 16. Northern Ireland’s Constitutional Position in the UK, \u003ci\u003eKate Hoey, Baroness Hoey of Lylehill and Rathlin (Chair of the Northern Ireland Select Committee, 2019)\u003c\/i\u003e 17. The European Union and the British Constitution, \u003ci\u003eJoanna George (University of Cambridge, UK) \u0026amp; Rt Hon Gisela Stuart, Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston (Chair of Vote Leave)\u003c\/i\u003e 18. Against (Many Kinds of) Representation, \u003ci\u003eRichard Tuck (University of Harvard, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019980996951,"sku":"9781509963706","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781509963706.jpg?v=1750781959","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sceptical-perspectives-on-the-changing-constitution-of-the-united-kingdom-9781509963706","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}