LEADER 03715nam 22006971c 450 001 9910451073003321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-5959-2 010 $a1-280-80048-8 010 $a9786610800483 010 $a1-84731-131-8 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472559593 035 $a(CKB)1000000000338454 035 $a(EBL)270795 035 $a(OCoLC)476005540 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000147635 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12053900 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147635 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10018046 035 $a(PQKB)10589169 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1772690 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC270795 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1772690 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10276192 035 $a(OCoLC)1138537484 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255773 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL270795 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL80048 035 $a(OCoLC)191804297 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000338454 100 $a20140929d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe English constitution $emyths and realities $fIan Ward 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOxford $aPortland, Oregon $cHart Publishing $d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (226 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84113-431-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index 327 $a1. The Old Boundaries -- 2. The Mask of Anarchy -- 3. Renaissance -- 4. England and its Empires -- 5. In Search of an English Constitution 330 8 $aThe English Constitution addresses two burning contemporary and complementary questions; one regarding the so-called English 'question', the changing identities of England and English-ness, and a second regarding the changing shape of the Anglo-British constitution. It is suggested that there are both internal and external pressures that are driving the reformation of our constitutional order. There are internal pressures of decay, even corruption, and popular apathy, and there are external pressures brought to bear by the geopolitical challenges of the new world order and the new Europe. The present 'project' of constitutional reform inaugurated by the present government is supposed to reflect these pressures. This book challenges this assumption, arguing that a far more radical re-constitution is required, involving: deeper institutional reforms (the most pressing being the abrogation of monarchy, and the established Church); geopolitical reforms to recast the devolutionary settlement and redefine English regionalism; and perhaps most importantly, conceptual reform, reform that will embrace the need to rebalance the constitution and to promote greater accountability and democracy. It is intended that the book will provide a stimulating text for both academics and students; advancing a series of original ideas on a subject of considerable contemporary interest. Along the way it discusses most of the major topics, institutions and debates which are ordinarily addressed in public law courses, and equivalents in non-law disciplines 606 $aConstitutional law$zEngland 606 $2Constitutional & administrative law 606 $aConstitutional history$zEngland 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aConstitutional law 615 0$aConstitutional history 676 $a342.4202 700 $aWard$b Ian$f1963-$0241818 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451073003321 996 $aThe English constitution$92456195 997 $aUNINA