| Description |
xliii, 476 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The development of English law and government prior to the Norman conquest -- 2. The Norman conquest and after: 1066-1189 -- 3. Magna Carta and its genesis 1189-1216 -- 4. The birth of parliament: the reign of Henry III 1216-72 -- 5. The reign of Edward I -- 6. A king dethroned: Edward II 1307-27 -- 7. Edward III 1327-77 -- 8. Sad stories of the death of kings: Richard II -- 9. The 15th century -- 10. Government and royal justice in the later middle ages -- 11. The early Tudors 1485-1547 -- 12. The children of Henry VIII -- 13. The genesis of civil war 1603-42 -- 14. Civil war and Commonwealth 1642-60 -- 15. Restoration and revolution 1660-89 -- 16. The revolution entrenched 1689-1707 -- 17. The early 18th century -- 18. The later 18th century -- 19. The reform era -- 20. An increasing role for government -- 21. The later 19th century -- 22. Queen Victoria and the emergence of constitutional monarchy -- 23. Two constitutional crises: 1906-14 -- 24. Representation of the people since 1900 -- 25. The emergence of modern monarchy: the 20th century -- 26. Britain and Europe: the European community -- 27. Devolution -- 28. The European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act |
| Summary |
This book provides an accessible one-volume introduction to the development of the British constitution from its earliest beginnings in the 7th century to the present day, focusing on the political events, and social, religious and philosophical ideas which have shaped its development |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Law -- Great Britain.
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Political science -- Great Britain.
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Constitutional history -- Great Britain.
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| LC no. |
2004269494 |
| ISBN |
1859417469 |
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