LEADER 03035oam 2200649I 450 001 9910820240603321 005 20230725035234.0 010 $a1-136-49845-1 010 $a0-203-14254-3 010 $a1-283-96887-8 010 $a1-136-49846-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203142547 035 $a(CKB)2670000000325258 035 $a(EBL)1111643 035 $a(OCoLC)826855820 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000867099 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11450663 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000867099 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10898604 035 $a(PQKB)11006036 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1111643 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1111643 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10648030 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL428137 035 $a(OCoLC)828737773 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000325258 100 $a20180706e20111989 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe silence of constitutions $egaps, 'abeyances' and political temperament in the maintenance of government /$fMichael Foley 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (181 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge revivals 225 0$aRoutledge revivals 300 $a"First published in 1989 by Routledge"--T.p. verso. 311 $a0-415-69632-1 311 $a0-415-69625-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Index 330 $aFirst published in 1989, Michael's Foley's book deals with the 'abeyances' present in both written and unwritten constitutions, arguing that these gaps in the explicitness of a constitution, and the various ways they are preserved, provide the means by which constitutional conflict is continually postponed. Abeyances are valuable, therefore, not in spite of their obscurity, but because of it. The author illustrates his point with analyses of constitutional crises from both sides of the Atlantic. He examines the period leading up to the English civil war in the seventeenth century, an 410 0$aRoutledge Revivals 606 $aConstitutional law$zUnited States 606 $aConstitutional law$zGreat Britain 615 0$aConstitutional law 615 0$aConstitutional law 676 $a347.3022 700 $aFoley$b Michael$f1948-,$01644214 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820240603321 996 $aThe silence of constitutions$93989954 997 $aUNINA