03038oam 2200649I 450 991046341460332120200520144314.00-203-14254-31-283-96887-81-136-49846-X10.4324/9780203142547 (CKB)2670000000325258(EBL)1111643(OCoLC)826855820(SSID)ssj0000867099(PQKBManifestationID)11450663(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000867099(PQKBWorkID)10898604(PQKB)11006036(MiAaPQ)EBC1111643(Au-PeEL)EBL1111643(CaPaEBR)ebr10648030(CaONFJC)MIL428137(OCoLC)828737773(EXLCZ)99267000000032525820180706e20111989 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe silence of constitutions gaps, 'abeyances' and political temperament in the maintenance of government /Michael FoleyAbingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (181 p.)Routledge revivalsRoutledge revivals"First published in 1989 by Routledge"--T.p. verso.0-415-69632-1 0-415-69625-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; The Silence of Constitutions; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Part I; 1 The concept and practice of constitutional abeyances; Part II; 2 Constitutional abeyances and crisis conditions: the early Stuart constitution; 3 Constitutional abeyances and crisis conditions: the imperial presidency; 4 Constitutional gaps and the arts of prerogative; Part III; 5 The theory of abeyances and modern constitutional unsettlement in Britain and the United States; Notes; Bibliography; IndexFirst published in 1989, Michael's Foley's book deals with the 'abeyances' present in both written and unwritten constitutions, arguing that these gaps in the explicitness of a constitution, and the various ways they are preserved, provide the means by which constitutional conflict is continually postponed. Abeyances are valuable, therefore, not in spite of their obscurity, but because of it. The author illustrates his point with analyses of constitutional crises from both sides of the Atlantic. He examines the period leading up to the English civil war in the seventeenth century, anRoutledge RevivalsConstitutional lawUnited StatesConstitutional lawGreat BritainElectronic books.Constitutional lawConstitutional law347.3022Foley Michael1948-,887881MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463414603321The silence of constitutions1983253UNINA