Constitutional History of the UK

Ann Lyon

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• ISBN:
  9781317203971
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Public Law
• Index: Law

An appreciation of the development and evolution of the United Kingdom constitution is vital in order to understand the existing nature of the constitution, proposals for reform and the many complex challenges it faces. Ann Lyon presents a vivid overview of fourteen hundred years of English legal history taking us on a rich journey from a feudal society to the fractured Union of the present day. Drawing on key constitutional themes, Constitutional History of the United Kingdom provides insight and context to modern constitutional problems.

This second edition has been revised and updated to bring coverage up to the present day, including parliamentary reform; the Scottish referendum on independence and further drives for enhanced devolution; the effect of EU membership on the UK Constitution; and the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998.

Constitutional History of the United Kingdom offers an accessible and highly valuable overview for students with little or no prior knowledge of British history.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• CONTENTS
• Preface to the second edition
• Acknowledgements
• Map and genealogical tables
• Table of cases
• Table of statutes
• Introduction
• 1 The development of English law and government prior to the Norman Conquest
• 2 The Norman Conquest and after, 1066–1189
• 3 Magna Carta and its genesis 1189–1216
• 4 The birth of parliament: the reign of Henry III 1216–72
• 5 The reign of Edward I
• 6 A king dethroned: Edward II 1307–27
• 7 Edward III 1327–77
• 8 Sad stories of the death of kings: Richard II
• 9 The fifteenth century
• 10 Government and royal justice in the later Middle Ages
• 11 The early Tudors 1485–1547
• 12 The children of Henry VIII
• 13 The genesis of civil war 1603–42
• 14 Civil war and Commonwealth 1642–60
• 15 Restoration and revolution 1660–89
• 16 The revolution entrenched 1689–1707
• 17 The early eighteenth century
• 18 The later eighteenth century
• 19 The reform era
• 20 An increasing role for government
• 21 The later nineteenth century
• 22 Queen Victoria and the emergence of constitutional monarchy
• 23 Two constitutional crises: 1906–14
• 24 Representation of the people since 1900
• 25 The emergence of modern monarchy: the twentieth century
• 26 Britain and Europe: the European Union
• 27 Devolution
• 28 The European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998
• Index