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Constitution in crisis : the new Putney debates /
"The debates that began at St Mary's Church, Putney on 28 October 1647 pioneered the liberal, democratic settlement in England: a written constitution, universal suffrage, freedom of conscience and equality before the law. Four centuries later, the 2016 Brexit referendum raised fundamental...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
I.B. Tauris,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Author Bio; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I: Parliament and the People; Popular Sovereignty vs Parliamentary Sovereignty; Electoral Reform and the Constitution; The Great Unanswered Question at Putney; The Royal Prerogative, Referendums and the Outcomes of Brexit; What Is This 'Populism'?; On 'Popular Sovereignty'; Building a New Social Commons: People and Parliament Working Together; Brexit and the Case for a People's Constitution; PART II: Changing and Strengthening the Role of the People.
- Is Representative Democracy Ripe for Review and Modification in Favour of More Direct Democracy?'The People is my Cæsar': Jeremy Bentham's Radical Democratic State; We Need Fewer Referendums, with Higher Thresholds; Referendums for EU Politics?; Social Media and Democracy; Democracy Is About More Than Voting: Pre-Modern Petitioning and Its Implications for Today; PART III: Parliament, the Executive, the Courts and the Rule of Law; Does the Separation of Powers Still Work?; Are Prerogative Powers Necessary in the Twenty-First Century?
- The Article 50 Legal Challenge: Clarifying the UK's Constitutional Requirements to Start BrexitEnemies of Democracy? Taking Back Control through the Courts; The Role of Experts in Parliamentary Democracy; The UK's Institutional Balance of Power After Leaving the EU; PART IV: Preserving the Liberal Constitution; Voice and Vote; Plurinational Democracy; Judeo-Christian Principles Underlying the Constitution; Why the UK Needs a Written Constitution; Thoughts from Across the Pond: The US Constitution (1787, 2017); The Constitutional Future of the UK: 'Matters of High Concernment'; Index.