Beyond Magna Carta
Subtitle: a constitution for the United Kingdom
By: Andrew Blick
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Oxford; Portland, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781849463096
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Constitutional history; Constitutional law
Description: "In this work Dr Blick argues that the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, which falls in 2015, should be the occasion for a reassessment of the past, present and future of the UK constitution. He considers a series of historical documents from Anglo-Saxon times onwards, amongst which Magna Carta is the most prominent, which sought to set out arrangements for the governance of England and later the UK as a whole. Dr Blick argues that they comprise a powerful tradition of written constitutional documents; and stresses the importance of the European dimension to their introduction and content. He then considers the present nature of the UK constitution, describing the period of immense flux through which it has passed in recent decades, and the implications of this phase of change. Dr Blick identifies a need for a full written constitution for the UK as the next appropriate step. Finally he discusses the democratic processes suitable to devising such a text, and what its contents might be."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Before Magna Carta : early law codes and charters --; title: Magna Carta : the life, death and afterlife of a text --; title: Revolutionary century --; title: Union and Parliament --; title: The dynamic constitution --; title: European integration and its consequences --; title: The multination state --; title: The rule of law, human rights and constitutional conflict --; title: Direction of travel --; title: Advocating and creating a written constitution --; title: The Constitution.