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The constitutional protection of capitalism /
In 1945 a Labour government deployed Britain's national autonomy and parliamentary sovereignty to nationalise key industries and services such as coal, rail, gas and electricity, and to establish a publicly-owned National Health Service. This monograph argues that constitutional constraints ste...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; Portland, Or. :
Hart Pub.,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In 1945 a Labour government deployed Britain's national autonomy and parliamentary sovereignty to nationalise key industries and services such as coal, rail, gas and electricity, and to establish a publicly-owned National Health Service. This monograph argues that constitutional constraints stemming from economic and legal globalisation would now preclude such a programme. It contends that whilst no state has ever, or could ever, possess complete freedom of action, nonetheless the rise of the transnational corporation means that national autonomy is now siginificantly restricted. The book focu. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 200 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-181) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781847315595 1847315593 9781841138596 1841138592 9781472560698 1472560698 |