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Parliamentary sovereignty in the UK constitution : process, politics and democracy /
"In the UK, the status of the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty in the country's contemporary Constitution is much contested. Changes in the architecture of the UK Constitution, diminishing academic reverence for the doctrine, and a more expansive vision of the judicial role all presen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Hart Publishing,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Hart studies in constitutional law ;
v. 4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Summary Table of Contents; Detailed Table of Contents; Introduction; Part I: What is the Sovereignty of Parliament?; 1. The Function and the Virtue of Parliamentary Sovereignty; I. Introduction; II. Challenging the Sovereignty of Parliament; III. The Function of Parliamentary Sovereignty; IV. The Virtue of Parliamentary Sovereignty; V. Conclusion; 2. The Manner and Form Theory of Parliamentary Sovereignty; I. Introduction; II. Development and Definition of the Manner and Form Theory.
- III. Objections to the Manner and Form TheoryIV. Conclusion; Part II: Understanding Modern Challenges to the Sovereignty of Parliament; 3. The Non-Critical Challenges: Devolution, the Human Rights Act and Common Law Constitutionalism; I. Introduction; II. Devolution; III. The Human Rights Act; IV. Common Law Constitutionalism; V. Conclusion; 4. UK Membership of the European Union; I. Introduction; II. Parliamentary Sovereignty v EU Supremacy ; III. A European Revolution?; IV. A Constructionist Alternative; V. The Challenge of Thoburn; VI. 'Continuing' Parliamentary Sovereignty Preserved?
- VII. Justifying a Manner and Form Understanding of the ECAVIII. Thoburn's Shadow; IX. Conclusion; 5. Jackson; I. Introduction; II. Jackson: Two Diceyan Difficulties; III. The Common Law Constitutionalist Reading of Jackson; IV. Jackson as a Development of the Principle of Legality?; V. Minimalist Interpretations of Jackson; VI. Implications of a Manner and Form Reading of Jackson; VII. Jackson's Aftermath: Axa; VIII. Conclusion; 6. The European Union Act 2011; I. Introduction; II. The Nature of the European Union Act 2011; III. Contradictory Messages on Sovereignty?
- IV. Legal Effectiveness of the Referendum LocksV. Constitutional Effect of the European Union Act 2011; VI. Conclusion; Part III: The Virtue and the Function of the Manner and Form Theory; 7. A Democratic Justification of the Manner and Form Theory; I. Introduction; II. The Need for a Normative Justification of the Manner and Form Theory; III. Democracy, Political Constitutionalism and Parliamentary Sovereignty; IV. A Democratic Justification of the Manner and Form Theory; V.A Potential Contradiction: Process, Politics and Democracy ... and the Courts?; VI. Conclusion.
- 8. The Potential Utility of the Manner and Form TheoryI. Introduction; II. The State of the UK's Political Constitution; III. Using the Manner and Form Theory Democratically; IV. Manner and Form and Constitutional Reform; V. The Seeds of Destruction? Legally Unlimited Legislative Power and Parliamentary Sovereignty; VI. Conclusion; Index.