Adopting a political constitutionalist view of the British constitution, this book critically explores the history of legal and political thought on parliamentary sovereignty in the UK. It argues that EU membership strongly unsettled the historical precedents underpinning UK parliamentary sovereignty. Successive governments adopted practices which, although preserving fundamental legal rules, were at odds with past precedents. The author uses three key EU case studies – the financial transactions tax, freedom of movement of persons, and the working time directive – to illustrate that since 1973 the UK incorporated EU institutions which unsettled those precedents. The book further shows that the parliament’s place since the referendum on Brexit in June 2016 and the scrutinising of the terms of the withdrawal agreement constitute an enhanced, new constitutional resettlement, and a realignment of parliament with the historical precedent of consent and its sovereignty.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Jim McConalogue
EAN: 9783030252922
COUNTRY: Switzerland
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WEIGHT: 454 g
HEIGHT: 210 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
DATE PUBLISHED: 2020-08-14
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GENRE: LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European
WIDTH: 148 cm
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Book Themes:
Europe, Politics and government, Political science and theory, Political structure and processes, Constitutional and administrative law: general, History: specific events and topics
Jim McConalogue is a former senior parliamentary advisor to an MP in the House of Commons.
