Beyond Magna Carta: A Constitution for the United Kingdom

Cover
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Contents
1. Introduction
	The ‘Vow’
	Constitutional Perceptions
PART I: The Written Constitutional Tradition
	2. Before Magna Carta: Early Law Codes and Charters
		The Ethelbert Law Code
		Anglo-Saxon Codes After Ethelbert
		Post-Conquest Texts
	3. Magna Carta: The Life, Death and Afterlife of a Text
		The Magna Carta Moment
		The 1215 Text
		Magna Carta After 1215
		The Global Status of Magna Carta
	4. Revolutionary Century
		The Petition of Right 1628
		Blueprints: The Army and the Levellers
		Constitutions Under Cromwell
		The Bill of Rights 1689
		The Act of Settlement 1701: Alternative Constitutional Model?
	5. Union and Parliament
		The Creation of a Union
			Great Britain and Ireland
		Albert Venn Dicey and Parliamentary Sovereignty
		The Parliament Act 1911
PART II: A System in Turmoil
	6. The Dynamic Constitution
		Constitution and Society
		Parliament
		The Civil Service
		The Process of Change
	7. European Integration and its Consequences
		European Integration and the UK Constitution
		The European Communities Act 1972
		The Rise of the Referendum: 1975 to the Present
		The Fracturing of Collective Responsibility
	8. The Multination State
		Devolution and its Implications
		England Left Behind
		Local Government in England
		The English Question
	9. The Rule of Law, Human Rights and Constitutional Conflict
		The Rule of Law in the United Kingdom
		The Human Rights Act
		Protected Rights, their Limitations and their Impact
		A Clash of Models
	10. Direction of Travel
		Codifying Convention and Limiting the Royal Prerogative
		A New Model ?
		A Written Constitution: Proposals and Drafts
		Practical Steps: Gordon Brown and Beyond
PART III: A Constitution for the United Kingdom
	11. Advocating and Creating a Written Constitution
		The Positive Case for a Written Constitution
		The Negative Case for a Written Constitution
		Creating a Constitution
			Preparatory Steps and Composition of a Convention
			Remit, Working Methods and Ratification of the Text
	12. The Constitution
		Presentation, Writing Style and Preamble
		A Federal Union
		The UK Executive
		Parliament After Sovereignty
			The Composition of Parliament
			Electing Parliament
			Parliament and Accountability
		Fundamental Rights
		The Courts, the Legal System and Constitutional Review
		Changing the Constitution
13. Conclusion
Index