This volume covers the nature and operation of different organs of the constitution. It includes documents dealing with Parliament; the monarchy; the legal system; the Church; the Prime Minister and the Cabinet; the Civil Service; and local government. It presents accounts from insiders who were directly involved in working these institutions; and of the perceptions of outside observers. It identifies documents pertaining to key moments of change in the history of these entities, including alterations in the relations between them. It deals with matters including their legal basis, their internal structures, and the importance of precedent to the way in which they functioned in relation to one-another.
This volume covers the nature and operation of different organs of the constitution. It includes documents dealing with Parliament; the monarchy; the legal system; the Church; the Prime Minister; the Civil Service; and local government. It identifies documents pertaining to key moments of change in the history of these entities.
Volume III: Institutions
General Introduction
Volume 3 Introduction
Part
1. Monarchs and Administrations
1. Samuel Romilly, Change of Administration
2. Lord Erskine, Change of Administration
3. Robert Peel, The Address
4. Lord John Russell, Address in Answer to the Speech
5. Walter Bagehot, The English Constitution
6. Austin Holyoake, Would a Republican Form of Government Be Suitable to
England?
7. Lord Curzon, Parliament Bill Vote of Censure
Part
2. The Prime Minister
8. Lord Melville to Mr. Addington
9. Sir Robert Peel, Lord Rosebery
10. Sidney Low, The Governance of England
11. The Prime Ministers Precedence, J.S. (Jack) Sandars to Lord Knollys
12. Chequers Estate Act, 1917
Part
3. Cabinet
13. George Canning to Lord Malmesbury
14. Lord Castlereagh, Lord Ellenboroughs Seat in the Cabinet
15. Walter Bagehot, The English Constitution
16. Minutes of a Meeting of the War Cabinet
17. Draft Rules of Procedure for the War Cabinet
Part
4. Administrations and Mandates
18. Benjamin Disraeli, Commercial Policy
19. Sir Robert Peel, Resignation of the Ministry
20. William Gladstone, Defeat of the Government on the Irish Church
Resolutions
21. Marquess of Hartington, Government of Ireland Bill
Part
5. Civil Service and Machinery of Government
22. Report on the Organisation of the Permanent Civil Service
23. Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
24. Anthony Trollope, An Autobiography
25. Report of the Machinery of Government Committee (Haldane report), 1918
26. Subcommittee Appointed to Consider the Position after the War of Women
Holding Temporary Appointments in Government Departments
Part
6. Parliament
6. 1 General
27. Edmund Burke, Economical Reform
28. Sir Robert Peel, Resignation of Ministers
29. Sir Robert Peel, Confidence in the Ministry
30. Earl of Rosebery, Motion for a Select Committee (House of Lords
Reform)
31. A. V. Dicey, Law of the Constitution (the Sovereignty of Parliament)
32. A. J. Balfour, New Procedure Rules (for the House of Commons)
33. Earl of Clarendon, House of Lords Reform
6.2 Commons-Lords Relations
34. Earl Grey, Ministerial Arrangements
35. Lord Chelmsford, Paper Duty Repeal Bill
36. Lord Salisbury, Irish Church Bill
37. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Education (England and Wales) Bill
38. Herbert Henry Asquith, Parliament Bill
39. Ramsey MacDonald, Parliament Bill
40. Parliament Act, 1911
Part
7. Local Government
41. Municipal Corporations Act, 1835
42. Lydia Becker, The Rights and Duties of Women in Local Government
43. Local Government Act, 1888
44. London Government Act, 1899
Part
8. The Courts and the Legal System
45. Judicial Committee Act, 1833
46. County Courts Act, 1846
47. Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876
48. Supreme Court of Judicature Act, 1873
Index
Professor Andrew Blick is Head of the Department of Political Economy and Professor of Politics and Contemporary History at Kings College London, UK.
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