Constitutional Fracture

How Brexit Revealed Deep Fault-Lines in the British Constitution
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-5292-4564-6
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This book presents cutting-edge analysis of one of the most significant constitutional crises in recent British history: the prolonged and intense struggle between government and parliament for control over Brexit. It argues the crisis was very largely caused by the emergence of an Executive-centric approach to governance it dubs ‘Whitehall Plus’, and the strong parliamentary-push back it both provoked and responded to.

The book shows how the crisis exposed and widened deep fault-lines running through core doctrines and practices of the British constitution – profound disagreements long held unresolved and in abeyance, but which exploded into high-octane conflict during the period.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hickman, Tom

Phillipson, Gavin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Framework and Objectives

2. The Brexit Crisis in Four Acts

3. The Separation of Powers: ‘Westminster’, ‘Whitehall’ and Beyond

4. Constitutional Fracture Manifested

5. Westminster Redux in Action

6. Whitehall Plus in Action

7. Conclusions, Fallout and Future Directions

Über Autor(innen)

Phillipson, Gavin
Gavin Phillipson is Professor of Public Law and Human Rights at the University of Bristol

Hickman, Tom
Tom Hickman KC is Professor of Public Law at University College London and a practising barrister.

Tom Hickman KC is Professor of Public Law at University College London and a practising barrister.

Gavin Phillipson is Professor of Public Law and Human Rights at the University of Bristol.