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The House of Lords 1911-2011 : a century of non-reform /
"House of Lords reform is often characterised as unfinished business: a riddle that has been left unanswered since 1911. But rarely can an unanswered riddle have had so many answers offered, even though few have been accepted; indeed, when Viscount Cave was invited in the mid-1920s to lead a Ca...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; Portland, Or. :
Hart Pub.,
2012.
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| Colección: | Hart studies in constitutional law ;
v. 1. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction. Reform and non-reform
- Veto limitation over reform : the Parliament Act 1911
- "The battle is over" : House of Lords reform, 1917-1945
- A pre-emptive strike : the Parliament Act 1949
- Diluting the hereditary principle? : The Life Peerages Act 1958
- "The Wedgwood Benn enabling bill" : the Peerage Act 1963
- Adding to Wilson's strife : the Inter-Party Conference and the Parliament (No 2) Bill (1968-69)
- Stage one of two? : The House of Lords Act 1999
- The long stage two : the Wakeham Commission and beyond
- Reasons for reform and non-reform.