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Reshaping the British
Constitution: Essays in Political Interpretation Nevil Johnson |
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The British
constitution is an elusive business, usually dissolving into mere politics
when people try to come to grips with it. Reshaping the British
Constitution is a critical, skeptical study that seeks to address the
issue by first discussing what is involved in having a constitution and, in
particular, a customary uncodified constitution like that of Britain. After
recalling the almost forgotten tradition of dispersal of powers and checks
the balances, Nevil Johnson then turns to the contemporary working of the
British constitution, surveying the monarchy and religious establishment, the
central Government and its powers, Parliament and the position of the Judiciary.
All this provides a basis for a detailed examination of the principal |
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post-1997 reforms - devolution,
the Human Rights Act 1998 and its effects, the failure of House of Lords
reform, and the impact of EU membership on the constitution. Johnson
concludes that Nevil Johnson is an Emeritus Fellow
of Nuffield College, |