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Front Cover\nWestminster: and the World: Commonwealth and Comparative Insights for Constitutional Reform\nCopyright information\nEpigraph\nTable of contents\nList of tables\nNote on Cover Images\nNote on Author\n1 Rediscovering Britain’s Wider Constitutional Tradition\n Aims and approach\n Background and foundations\n Imperialism, anti-imperialism and post-imperialism\n Structure of the book\n2 The Decline and Fall of the British Constitution\n The heyday of majoritarian democracy (1945–67)\n Pressures for change (1967–97)\n The mixed legacy of piecemeal reform (1997–2016)\n The British constitution in crisis (2016–20)\n The end of the Hanoverian constitutional settlement\n3 Towards a Written Constitution\n The constitution and the constitutional order\n Anatomy and content of a written constitution\n The case for a written constitution\n The constitution of Burke and Paine\n4 Some Objections Answered\n Failure of constitutional regimes\n Authoritarian constitutions\n Excessive rigidity and inability to adapt\n Judicial powers and the exclusion of democratic politics\n Incompleteness of a written constitution\n Post-liberal and moral communitarian arguments\n Impossibility of adopting a written constitution\n5 The Westminster Model as a Constitutional Archetype\n Defining the Westminster Model\n The development of Westminster Model constitutions\n A Westminster Model constitution for today\n Why limit ourselves to the Westminster Model?\n6 Foundations, Principles, Rights and Religion\n Principles and values\n Citizenship\n Fundamental rights and freedoms\n Socio-economic rights and directive principles\n Religion–state relations\n7 The Crown, Prime Minister and Government\n Republic or monarchy\n Powers and functions of the monarch\n Cabinet government I: government formation and removal\n Cabinet government II: ministers and civil servants\n8 Parliament I: Functions, Powers and Composition\n Roles and functions of Parliament\n Legislative powers of Parliament\n The House of Commons\n The second chamber\n Royal assent and consent\n War-making and treaty-making powers\n Constitutional amendment rules\n9 Parliament II: Privileges, Organization and Procedures\n Parliamentary privileges\n Committees\n The Speaker\n Leader of the Opposition\n Dissolution\n Prorogation\n10 Nations, Regions and Local Democracy\n The Union and the ‘English question’\n Flexible federalism\n Local democracy\n11 Judiciary, Administration, Elections and Miscellaneous Provisions\n The judiciary\n ‘Neutral guardians’ and institutional integrity\n Public ethics\n Public service broadcasting\n Elections, referendums and campaign finance\n12 Constitution-Building Processes\n Constitution-building in Westminster Model democracies\n Towards a constitution-building process for the United Kingdom\n Beyond the constitution: democracy, culture and civic virtue\nReferences\nIndex\nBack Cover