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The British Constitution

by W. Ivor Jennings. 234 pgs.

Contributors:

   W. Ivor Jennings

Publisher:

   The Macmillan Company

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1941

Subjects:

Great Britain--Constitution, Great Britain--Politics And Government

	CONTENTS
	General Editor's Preface page	vii
	Preface	xi
I.	Government by the People	1
	§ 1. We, the People	1
	§ 2. The People's Choice	10
II.	Government by Party	31
	§ 1. The Polity of Parties	31
	§ 2. The Character of the Parties	36
	§ 3. The Party Machines	50
	§ 4. The Two-Party System	54
III.	The House of Commons	64
	§ 1. Political Ambition and its Rewards	64
	§ 2. The House and the Government	69
	§ 3. The Opposition	76
IV.	The House of Lords	88
	§ 1. A Conservative Bulwark	88
	§ 2. The Need for a Second Chamber	95
V.	The Monarchy	103
	VI. Administration	114
	§ 1. Administrative Bodies	114
	§ 2. The Process of Administration	122
	§ 3. Bureaucracy	131
VII.	Cabinet Government page	142
	§ 1. Ministerial Responsibility	142
	§ 2. The Cabinet	149
	§ 3. The Prime Minister	158
	§ 4. Co-ordination	163
	§ 5. Instruments of Co-ordination	178
VIII.	Government in War Time	189
	§ 1. Parliament	189
	§ 2. War Administration	195
	§ 3. War Cabinets	206
IX.	British Democracy	209
	§ 1. Government and Opinion	209
	§ 2. Democracy and Liberty	219
	§ 3. Is it a Democracy?	227
	Index	230

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