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THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION

BY  Sir Ivor  Jennings

K.B.C, Q.C, Litt.D., L.L.D., F.B.A

Master of Trinity Hall, Cambrige

Bencher of Gray’s Inn

Four edition

Cambrige at the University press

1961

PUBLISHER’S NOTE

The British Constitution is accepted, in England at least, as the symbol for soundness and reliability; and yet its unwritten mysteries and its practical resillence are the despair of theorists. It is aa unexpected as a person, and seems to be defined only by the fact that it lives and works. This book, then , might be described as a biography by one who has a first-hanhd knowledge of his subject.

It is (to quote the reviewer in the Manchester Guardian)’ written with easy mastery….its sense of proportion and its massive commonsense are alike remarkable’. It offers ordinary British citizens a reasonable and detached introduction to the system in which they play so large a part; at the same time it provides, for friends and critics overseas, a simple and reliable account of its growth and functionning.

The fourth edition is enterely revised and re-set. In the process of rewriting, Sir Ivor Jennings has borne particularly in mind the needs of readers in those countries in Africa and Asia which are now gaining their independence, and the text does not assume a close knowledge of British history. The examples and the statistics have been brought up-to-date; the sections on parties and elections take full account of the impact of broadcasting, television, and public opinion polls; and the book as a whole gives a fresh picture of the British Constitution as it is today.

CONTENTS

Preface

Plates

I           GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE

            1. We, the People

            2. The People’s choice

II          GOVERNMENT BY PARTY

1.      The policy of parties

2.      A short history of the parties

3.      The character of the parties

4.      The party machines

5.      The two-party system

III        THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

1.      Political ambition and its rewards

2.      The house and the government

3.      The opposition

IV        THE HOUSE OF LORDS

            1 A conservative Bulwark

            2. The Need for a second chamber

V         THE MONARCHY

VI        ADMINISTRATION

1.      Administration bodies

2.      The process of Administration

3.      Bureaucracy

VII       CABINET GOVERNMENT

1.      Ministerial responsibility

2.      The cabinet

3.      The prime minister

4.      Co-ordination

5.      Instruments of Co-ordination

VIII     BRITISH DEMOCRACY

1.      Government and opinion

2.      Democracy and liberaty

3.      Is it a Democracy?

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