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Introduction to the study of the law of the constitution / by A.V. Dicey.

By: Dicey, Albert Venn, 1835-1922.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Basingstoke : Macmillan Education, 1959 (1985 [printing])Edition: 10th ed. / with an introduction by E.C.S. Wade.Description: cxcviii, 534 p. ; 23 cm.+ pbk.ISBN: 0333015363 (cased); 0333052552 .Subject(s): Constitutional law -- Great BritainDDC classification: 344.2
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A starting point for the study of the English Constitution and comparative constitutional law, The Law of the Constitution elucidates the guiding principles of the modern constitution of England: the legislative sovereignty of Parliament, the rule of law, and the binding force of unwritten conventions.

Previous ed.: 1939.

Bibliography: p. 500- 502. - Includes index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Publisher's Note (p. ix)
  • Foreword (p. xi)
  • Preface to the First Edition (p. xxv)
  • Preface to the Eighth Edition (p. xxix)
  • Analysis of Introduction (p. xxxi)
  • Introduction to the Eighth Edition (p. xxxv)
  • Outline of Subject The True Nature of Constitutional Law (p. cxxv)
  • Part I The Sovereignty of Parliament
  • I The Nature of Parliamentary Sovereignty (p. 3)
  • II Parliament and non-Sovereign Law-Making Bodies (p. 36)
  • Ill Parliamentary Sovereignty and Federalism (p. 73)
  • Part II The Rule of Law
  • IV The Rule of Law: Its Nature and General Applications (p. 107)
  • V The Right to Personal Freedom (p. 123)
  • VI The Right to Freedom of Discussion (p. 146)
  • VII The Right of Public Meeting (p. 169)
  • VIII Martial Law (p. 180)
  • IX The Army (p. 188)
  • X The Revenue (p. 200)
  • XI The Responsibility of Ministers (p. 210)
  • XII Rule of Law compared with Droit Administratif (p. 213)
  • XIII Relation between Parliamentary Sovereignty and the Rule of Law (p. 268)
  • Part III The Connection Between The Law of the Constitution and the Conventions of the Constitution
  • XIV Nature of Conventions of Constitution (p. 277)
  • XV The Sanction by which the Conventions of the Constitution are Enforced (p. 292)
  • Appendix
  • I Rigidity of French Constitutions (p. 317)
  • II Division of Powers in Federal States (p. 325)
  • III Distinction between a Parliamentary Executive and a non-Parliamentary Executive (p. 331)
  • IV The Right of Self-Defence (p. 341)
  • V Questions Connected with the Right of Public Meeting (p. 350)
  • VI Duty of Soldiers Called upon to Disperse an Unlawful Assembly (p. 368)
  • VII The Meaning of an "Unconstitutional" Law (p. 371)
  • VIII Swiss Federalism (p. 372)
  • IX Australian Federalism (p. 386)
  • X Martial Law in England during Time of War or Insurrection (p. 396)
  • XI Constitution of the Tribunal des Confiits (p. 416)
  • XII Proceedings Against the Crown (p. 417)
  • XIII Parliament Act, 1911 (p. 418)
  • Index

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