Our Republican ConstitutionBloomsbury Publishing, 14.02.2005 - 168 Seiten This new book by Adam Tomkins sets out a radical vision of the British constitution. It argues that despite its outwardly monarchic form the constitution is profoundly informed, and indeed shaped, by values and practices of republicanism. The republican reading of the constitution presented in this book places political accountability at the core of the constitutional order. As such, Our Republican Constitution offers a powerful rejoinder to the current trend in legal scholarship that sees the common law and the courts, rather than Parliament, as the central players in holding government to account. The book further contends that while the constitution should be understood as having republican foundations, current constitutional practice is, in a number of respects, insufficiently republican in character. The book closes by outlining a programme of republican constitutional reform that is designed to secure genuinely responsible government. This is an original and provocative reinterpretation of the central themes of the British constitution, drawing on constitutional history (especially of the seventeenth century), political theory and public law. |
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... elected representatives in Parliament, to 'throw the scoundrels out'.3 The rule is known as the convention of ministerial responsibility or as the doctrine of responsible government. For now, the most important thing to note about the ...
... elected representatives in Parliament, to 'throw the scoundrels out'.3 The rule is known as the convention of ministerial responsibility or as the doctrine of responsible government. For now, the most important thing to note about the ...
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... elected politicians. Whether you conceive of democracy in terms of the representativeness of the personnel or in terms of the openness and accessibility of the institution, Parliaments will always enjoy greater democratic legitimacy ...
... elected politicians. Whether you conceive of democracy in terms of the representativeness of the personnel or in terms of the openness and accessibility of the institution, Parliaments will always enjoy greater democratic legitimacy ...
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... elected to office. They must all be members of one of the two Houses of Parliament (Commons and Lords). Those who are peers in the Lords are appointed rather than elected. Those who are MPs in the Commons are elected as MPs but not as ...
... elected to office. They must all be members of one of the two Houses of Parliament (Commons and Lords). Those who are peers in the Lords are appointed rather than elected. Those who are MPs in the Commons are elected as MPs but not as ...
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... elected government ... the survival and flourishing of a democracy in which basic rights . . . are not only respected but enshrined requires that those who exercise democratic, political power must have limits set to what they may do ...
... elected government ... the survival and flourishing of a democracy in which basic rights . . . are not only respected but enshrined requires that those who exercise democratic, political power must have limits set to what they may do ...
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... elected House of Commons, who decide whether such a decision is in accordance with the spirit of 'tolerance and broadmindedness'?89 How could a court weigh and assess the various factors that must go into making a decision such as this ...
... elected House of Commons, who decide whether such a decision is in accordance with the spirit of 'tolerance and broadmindedness'?89 How could a court weigh and assess the various factors that must go into making a decision such as this ...
Inhalt
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2 Republican Constitutionalism | 33 |
3 The Making of the Republican Constitution | 67 |
4 Republican Constitutional Reform | 115 |
Bibliography | 143 |
Index | 153 |
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