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Our republican constitution /
This new book by Adam Tomkins sets out a radical vision of the British constitution. It argues that despite its outwardly monarchic form the constitution is profoundly informed, and indeed shaped, by values and practices of republicanism. The republican reading of the constitution presented in this...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; Portland, Or. :
Hart,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This new book by Adam Tomkins sets out a radical vision of the British constitution. It argues that despite its outwardly monarchic form the constitution is profoundly informed, and indeed shaped, by values and practices of republicanism. The republican reading of the constitution presented in this book places political accountability at the core of the constitutional order. As such, Our Republican Constitution offers a powerful rejoinder to the current trend in legal scholarship that sees the common law and the courts, rather than Parliament, as the central players in holding government to ac. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 156 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-152) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781847311191 1847311199 1280808586 9781280808586 9781472559678 1472559673 |