The Law Lords have attributed the supremacy of European Community law in Britain to Parlaiment's 'entirely voluntary' surrender of sovereignty. This book describes, from a Parliamentary perspective, how sovereignty was actually lost. It charts the evolution of MP's constitutional understandings of EC membership and the transformation from a constitution based on politics to one based on law.
The Law Lords have attributed the supremacy of European Community law in Britain to Parlaiment's 'entirely voluntary' surrender of sovereignty. This b...
In 1945, the Labour government deployed Britain's national autonomy and parliamentary sovereignty to nationalize key industries and services - such as coal, rail, gas, and electricity - and to establish a publicly-owned National Health Service. This timely, controversial, and provocative book argues that constitutional constraints stemming from economic and legal globalization would now preclude such a program. First, it contends that while no state has ever, or could ever, possess complete freedom of action, nonetheless the rise of the transnational corporation means that national autonomy...
In 1945, the Labour government deployed Britain's national autonomy and parliamentary sovereignty to nationalize key industries and services - such as...
This book argues that Doctor Who, the world's longest-running science fiction series often considered to be about distant planets and monsters, is in reality just as much about Britain and Britishness. Danny Nicol explores how the show, through science fiction allegory and metaphor, constructs national identity in an era in which identities are precarious, ambivalent, transient and elusive. It argues that Doctor Who's projection of Britishness is not merely descriptive but normative--putting forward a vision of what the British ought to be. The book interrogates the substance of...
This book argues that Doctor Who, the world's longest-running science fiction series often considered to be about distant planets and monste...
This book argues that Doctor Who, the world's longest-running science fiction series often considered to be about distant planets and monsters, is in reality just as much about Britain and Britishness.
This book argues that Doctor Who, the world's longest-running science fiction series often considered to be about distant planets and monsters, is in ...
