The Approach to Self-Government

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-521-24191-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 263 g

During his lifetime, Sir Ivor Jennings (1903-1965) was well known as the author of several standard books on constitutional law. He acted as constitutional adviser to the governments of Ceylon and Pakistan and was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ceylon. This 1956 book followed in the tradition of his earlier The British Constitution and is a clear statement by an expert with a characteristically practical point of view. It is principally concerned with a practical problem: what constitution shall be given to a new country about to govern itself for the first time? Published at a time when colonial empires were moving more or less peaceably towards self-government, it was based on a series of broadcast talks originally commissioned by the BBC in the belief that the experiences gained in Asia were in principle applicable to other countries approaching self-government.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jennings, Ivor

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. The problem; 2. The people; 3. The unit of government; 4. Elections; 5. Communalism in elections; 6. A bill of rights; 7. The legislature; 8. Administration; 9. Educational development; 10. Executive government; 11. The dilemma of representative government; 12. The transition; Index.