Constitutional Reform in the United Kingdom

ISBN-13: 9780198765462 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 448 str.

Dawn Oliver

Opis

This account of constitutional reform in the UK offers a detailed discussion of all the significant changes that have developed following the elections of 1997 and 2001. Issues discussed include the devolution of power in Scotland and elections of Assemblies in Wales and Northern Ireland; reform of the House of Lords and the system of hereditary peers; the influence of the Human Rights Act; changes to electoral systems and party funding; and the significance of the European dimension on the British Constitution.

Recenzje

'...a stimulating read'

O autorze

Dawn Oliver is Professor of Constitutional Law at the University College London. She has been a member of the Study of Parliament Group since 1994 and was a member of the Royal Commission Reform of the House of Lords in 1999. She is co-author of The Changing Constitution with Professor Jeffrey Jowell and editor of Public Law.