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In this provocative new study, Iain McLean argues that the traditional story of the British constitution does not make sense. It purports to be both positive and normative: that is, to describe both how people actually behave and how they ought to behave. In fact, it fails to do either; it is not a correct description and it has no persuasive force. The book goes on to offer a reasoned alternative. The position that still dominates the field of constitutional law is that of parliamentary sovereignty (or supremacy). According to this view, the supreme lawgiver in the United Kingdom is Parliament. Some writers in this tradition go on to insist that Parliament in turn derives its authority from the people, because the people elect Parliament. An obvious problem with this view is that Parliament, to a lawyer, comprises three houses: monarch, Lords, and Commons. The people elect only one of those three houses.
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What's Wrong with the British Constitution? Hardcover - 2010
by Iain McLean
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- Title What's Wrong with the British Constitution?
- Author Iain McLean
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 400
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Date 2010-01-11
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780199546954 / 0199546959
- Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1 in (23.62 x 16.00 x 2.79 cm)
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- Interdisciplinary Studies: Law Studies
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009938799
- Dewey Decimal Code 342.410
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- Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2010, Page 199
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