Author: George 1800-1891 BancroftPublisher:
ISBN: 9781362839651
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
HIST OF THE FORMATION OF THE C
Author: George 1800-1891 BancroftPublisher:
ISBN: 9781362839651
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The English Constitution
Author: Walter BagehotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
A classic study of the British constitution, paying special attention to how Parliament and the monarchy work. The author frequently draws comparisons with the American Constitution, being generally critical of the American system of government.
The Constitutional History of England
Author: Henry HallamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Publisher and Bookseller
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1426
Book Description
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
History of the United States of America
Author: George BancroftPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
The Constitution of England; Or An Account of the English Government; in which it is Compared Both with the Republican Form of Government, and the Other Monarchies in Europe
Author: Henry HallamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I.
Author: Frederick PollockPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Author: The British Constitution
Author: Anthony KingPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199232326
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
In the latter part of the nineteenth century Walter Bagehot wrote a classic account of the British constitution as it had developed during Queen Victoria's reign. He argued that the late Victorian constitution was not at all what people thought it was. Anthony King argues that the same is true at the beginning of this century. Most people are aware that a series of major constitutional changes has taken place, but few recognize that their cumulative effect has been to change entirely the nature of Britain's constitutional structure. The old constitution has gone. The author insists that the new constitution is a mess, but one that we should probably try to make the best of. The British Constitution is neither a reference book nor a textbook. Like Bagehot's classic, it is written with wit and mordant humour - by someone who is a journalist and political commentator as well as a distinguished academic. The author maintains that, although the new British constitution is a mess, there is no going back now. 'As always', he says, 'nostalgia is a good companion but a bad guide.' Highly charged issues that remain to be settled concern the relations between Scotland and England and the future of the House of Lords. A reformed House of Lords, the author fears, could wind up comprising 'a miscellaneous assemblage of party hacks, political careerists, clapped-out retired or defeated MPs, has-beens, never-were's and never-could-possibly-be's'. The book is a Bagehot for the twenty-first century - the product of a lifetime's reflection on British politics and essential reading for anyone interested in how the British system has changed and how it is likely to change in future