دانلود کتاب Constitution in Crisis: The New Putney Debates

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Front Cover
Author Bio
Title Page
Copyright
Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: Parliament and the People
Popular Sovereignty vs Parliamentary Sovereignty
Electoral Reform and the Constitution
The Great Unanswered Question at Putney
The Royal Prerogative, Referendums and the Outcomes of Brexit
What Is This ‘Populism’?
On ‘Popular Sovereignty’
Building a New Social Commons: People and Parliament Working Together
Brexit and the Case for a People’s Constitution
PART II: Changing and Strengthening the Role of the People
Is Representative Democracy Ripe for Review and Modification in Favour of More Direct Democracy?
‘The People is my Cæsar’: Jeremy Bentham’s Radical Democratic State
We Need Fewer Referendums, with Higher Thresholds
Referendums for EU Politics?
Social Media and Democracy
Democracy Is About More Than Voting: Pre-Modern Petitioning and Its Implications for Today
PART III: Parliament, the Executive, the Courts and the Rule of Law
Does the Separation of Powers Still Work?
Are Prerogative Powers Necessary in the Twenty-First Century?
The Article 50 Legal Challenge: Clarifying the UK’s Constitutional Requirements to Start Brexit
Enemies of Democracy? Taking Back Control through the Courts
The Role of Experts in Parliamentary Democracy
The UK’s Institutional Balance of Power After Leaving the EU
PART IV: Preserving the Liberal Constitution
Voice and Vote
Plurinational Democracy
Judeo-Christian Principles Underlying the Constitution
Why the UK Needs a Written Constitution
Thoughts from Across the Pond: The US Constitution (1787, 2017)
The Constitutional Future of the UK: ‘Matters of High Concernment’
Index
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