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British Constitutional History

Books on: british constitutional history

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The End of Empire: Dependencies since 1948 : Select Documents on the Constitutional History of the British Empire and Commonwealth

Book by Frederick Madden; Greenwood, 2000

Subjects:

Constitutional History--Commonwealth Countries--Sources, Constitutional History--Great Britain--Colonies--Sources, Constitutional History--Great Britain--Sources

Collections: History, Entire Library

...to the Head of the State. But to ensure the primacy of the House of Assembly, and in accordance with current British constitutional practice, we consider that the constitution should provide: (a) that Money Bills (that is, shortly, Bills...
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A Constitutional and Legal History of England

Book by Goldwin Smith; Charles Scribners Sons, 1955

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Constitutional History--Great Britain, Law--Great Britain--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...convolved intricacies of the British constitution, do not provide...of many historians of the British constitution once revered...debate upon several aspects of British constitutional and legal history is now very large. The student...
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Crown, Community, and Parliament in the Later Middle Ages: Studies in English Constitutional History

Book by Gaillard T. Lapsley, Helen M. Cam, Geoffrey Barraclough; Blackwell, 1951

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Great Britain--Constitutional History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...ADVANCE IN ENGLISH CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY BEFORE 1485 1 I...such subjects as constitutional theory and parliament...departure for all constitutional research after 1066...volumes of Writings on British History ed. A...
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Constitutions, Courts, and History: Historical Narratives in Constitutional Adjudication

Book by Renata Uitz; Central European University Press, 2005

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Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Judicial Review--History

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...Rhetoric and Aestheic of History: Leopold von Ranke...Secession Reference. Constitutional Forum 10 (1998...Saj6, Andras. Constitutional Adjudication in the...Adaptation of the British Constitutional Sys- tem. In Hesse...
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American Constitutionalism Abroad: Selected Essays in Comparative Constitutional History

Book by George Athan Billias; Greenwood Press, 1990

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Constitutional History, Constitutional Law--United States

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...turning point in the history of Western constitutionalism...world community. Its constitutional influence was relatively...there of any American constitutional influence--direct...Enlightenment, and the British constitutional tradition. Being...

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Journal Articles on: british constitutional history

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Constitutional History and Constitutional Theory: Reflections on Ackerman, Reconstruction, and the Transformation of the American Constitution

Journal article by Michael Les Benedict; Yale Law Journal, Vol. 108, 1999

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Ackerman, Bruce--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Constitutional history--Analysis, Constitutional law--Political aspects, We the People, vol. 2, Transformations (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...IN ANGLO-AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY The ambiguity of "transformative constitutional moments" goes beyond...of Anglo-American constitutional history that proponents...central to oppositionist British and American understandings...
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Commonplace or Anachronism: The Standard Model, the Second Amendment, and the Problem of History in Contemporary Constitutional Theory

Journal article by Saul Cornell; Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 16, 1999

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Constitutional history--Analysis, Right to bear arms--Laws, regulations, etc., United States Constitution--U.S. Const. amend. 2

Collections: History, Entire Library

...opportunity to write a constitutional history from the...notion of writing constitutional history from the bottom...Introduction: Legal Histories from Below, 1985...current canon of constitutional law. On the concept...
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A Constitutional History of Secession

Journal article by Austin Allen; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 70, 2004

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A Constitutional History of Secession (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

A Constitutional History of Secession. by Austin...Anglo-American constitutional principles recognize...overthrow of the constitutional order through secession...mankind" (p. 19). A Constitutional History of Secession...argues that northern and British financial interests...
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"No King Unless It Be a Constitutional King": Rethinking the Place of the Quebec Act in the Coming of the American Revolution

Journal article by Vernon P. Creviston; The Historian, Vol. 73, 2011

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American Revolution, 1775-1783, British monarchy--History, British monarchy--Powers and duties, Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction, Monarchy--History, Monarchy--Powers and duties, Monarchy--United Kingdom, United Kingdom. Quebec Act 1774, United States history--Revolution, 1775-1783

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Unless It Be a Constitutional King": Rethinking...loyalty to the British government...A Political History, New York...and Center: Constitutional Development...Polities of the British Empire and the...American Colonial History," Bulletin...of the First British Empire, New...
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Heroes: David Hipshon Regrets the Degree to Which Our History Syllabuses Have Censored the Roles of British Heroes

Journal article by David Hipshon; History Review, 2009

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British history--Educational aspects, British history--Personalities, Heroes--Censorship, Heroes--Portrayals, Syllabi--Analysis

Collections: Education, History, Entire Library

...Degree to Which Our History Syllabuses Have Censored the Roles of British Heroes. by David...moral judgement or constitutional control: there...and the Heroic in History, 1840), the...long have held British history in their grim grip...

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Magazine Articles on: british constitutional history

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The Constitutional Convention : The Most Momentous Chapter in American History

Magazine article by Martin D. Tullai; World and I, Vol. 17, April 2002

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Constitutional history--United States, United States Constitution, United States--Political aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...The Most Momentous Chapter in American History. by Martin D. Tullai We the people of...the most momentous chapter in American history" by the historian Carl Van Doren in The...most famous convention in United States history got under way. AMERICAS FIRST BRAIN TRUST...
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The American Monarchy: Frank Prochaska Explores the Relationship between George III and the Founding Fathers, and the Constitutional and Ceremonial Continuities between Britain and America. These He Argues, Rather Than Making America Exceptional, Encouraged Americans to Treat the President as a Republican Substitute for Royalty

Magazine article by Frank Prochaska; History Today, Vol. 57, August 2007

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American culture--Political aspects, British culture--Political aspects, Franklin, Benjamin--History, George III, King of Great Britain--History, Monarchy--History, Political history--Social aspects, Royalty--Political aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...even the executive in British government in view...became a fixture in US history, an antitype of the...tended to obscure the constitutional affinities between...monarchy was the principal constitutional model on which Americans...been shaped by the British constitution, which...
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Signposts: British General Elections

Magazine article by Andrew Gamble; History Today, Vol. 60, June 2010

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British history--Political aspects, Elections--Analysis, United Kingdom--Political aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...this type of political history, while in his major...on British political history since the end of the...understand British political history in terms of four key...meaningful is disappearing. Constitutional change, the growth...the United Kingdom. British political history and...
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Off with Their Heads: From Wat Tyler Swilling Beer in Front of Richard II to Chants of "God Save the Poor and Down with George III", the British Have a Long History of Hostility towards the Crown. Can It Survive the Coronation of King Charles III?

Magazine article by Ted Vallance; New Statesman, Vol. 138, July 13, 2009

Subjects:

British monarchy--Social aspects, Charles, Prince of Wales--Social aspects, Monarchy--Social aspects, Monarchy--United Kingdom, Princes--Social aspects, United Kingdom--History, United Kingdom--Political aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...was embedded in understandings of both British history and the operation of the British state. In popular histories of the nation, in contrast to elite...elements were long identified within the British constitution. This "monarchical republicanism...
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Hanging on to the Jewel in the Crown: A Century Ago, the British Authorities in India Passed a Series of Reforms That They Hoped Would Appease the Subcontinent's Increasingly Confident Political Movements. but, Writes Denis Judd, It Was Too Little, Too Late

Magazine article by Denis Judd; History Today, Vol. 59, November 2009

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British Raj, 1858-1947, British imperialism--Economic aspects, British imperialism--History, British imperialism--Political aspects, Hindu nationalism, India--History, Political movements, Political reform, Social reform, Territories and possessions--Economic aspects, Territories and possessions--Military aspects, Territories and possessions--Political aspects

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...sneering ridicule of some British observers during the...concessions to Indian constitutional progress (as expressed...empire. So in 1909 the British government made the...significant measure of constitutional devolution. Democratic...more closely with the British administration than...

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Newspaper Articles on: british constitutional history

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The Post Debate: Head of State Builds on Past to Improve Future; the Constitutional Monarchy Association Explains Why It Believes the British Monarchy Still Has an Important Role in the 21st Century

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), June 11, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Improve Future; the Constitutional Monarchy Association...Why It Believes the British Monarchy Still Has...that, like all other British institutions, it has...They are all modern constitutional monarchies in countries...time the unity, the history, and the continuity...
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Scamper for Rule Changes; Focus It Is the Largest Piece of Legislation in British History and Is Set to Fundamentally Change the Way That Companies Operate. Ian McDonald of Newcastle Law Firm Ward Hadaway Looks at the Implications of the Companies Act 2006

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), January 3, 2007

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Legal services

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...Largest Piece of Legislation in British History and Is Set to Fundamentally...single piece of legislation in British history, weighing in at a hefty 1...shorter and simpler standard constitutional documents. Greater allowance...
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SALMOND WINS HIS PLACE IN HISTORY; SNP's Record Vote Secures Power; First Minister Hands Warning to Cameron; Party Gets First Holyrood Majority

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 7, 2011

Subjects:

Cameron, David (British prime minister)--Elections, Cameron, David (British prime minister)--Political activity, Prime ministers--Elections, Prime ministers--Political aspects, Salmond, Alex--Elections, Salmond, Alex--Political activity, Scottish National Party--Political aspects

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...SALMOND WINS HIS PLACE IN HISTORY; SNPs Record Vote Secures...the partys post-war history. Humiliated Labour...children about Scottish history, Gaelic and the Scots...Pensioners Party, the British National Party, the...campaign to end the constitutional wrangling for a generation...
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So Why Is It That Scotland, a Nation So Immersed in Its Own History, Is Producing Generations of Children Deliberately Starved of All Knowledge of Their Rich, Varied Past?

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 20, 2007

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Children, History

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...neglect of Scottish history used to be, to some...excusable. Such school histories of Scotland as there...Jacobite rising. SOME histories intended for adult...see why. As long as history dealt chiefly with...politics, diplomacy and constitutional developments, there...so its history was British. It was really only...
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Time to Sort out What to Call the Executive Arm of the National Assembly; Constitutional Confusion Is Jeopardising the Quality of Democracy in Wales, Warns Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales. Here, He Claims the Welsh Assembly Government Is in Urgent Need of a New Name

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), October 18, 2008

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National Assembly--Officials and employees

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...always been a constitutional issue for me...workings of any constitutional political system...creation of our history. The National...as the term the British Parliaments Cabinet. It is a constitutional nonsense and will...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: british constitutional history

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Bill of Rights , in British History

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

BILL OF RIGHTS , in British history 1689, in British history, one of the fundamental instruments of constitutional law. It registered in statutory form the outcome of the long 17th-century struggle between the Stuart kings and the English Parliament...
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British Empire

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

BRITISH EMPIRE overseas...in a variety of constitutional relationships...historians, the British Empire definitively...have faded into history, Great Britain...See The Cambridge History of the British Empire (8 vol...
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British Columbia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...increasingly important to British Columbia, and Vancouver...Burnaby; the Univ. of British Columbia, at Vancouver...Victoria, at Victoria. History and Politics Early History...own veto power over constitutional amendments rather than...issue in the province. British Columbia, unlike Canadas...
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Magna Carta

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the most famous document of British constitutional history, issued by King John at Runnymede...Carta in the development of the British constitution. Revisions and...one that was incorporated into British statute law. In later centuries...
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Great Britain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Bibliography of British History: Stuart Period...Bibliography of English History to Fourteen Eighty...Bibliography of British History Eighteen Fifty...annually by the British government since...D. Keir, The Constitutional History of Modern...Concise History of the British Empire (1971...

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