The English historical constitution : continuity, change and European effects / J. W. F. Allison.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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Constitutional history -- England.

Constitutional law -- England.

1. Introduction

2. A historical constitutional approach

3. The Crown: evolution through institutional change and conservation

4. The separation of powers as a customary practice

5. Parliamentary sovereignty and the European Community

6. The brief rule of a controlling common law

7. Dicey's progressive and reactionary rule of law

8. Beyond Dicey.

This book addresses the issues arising from the recent fundamental legal and institutional changes which have affected the English constitution by utilising a historical constitutional approach.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780521702362

xii, 275 p. ; 23 cm