Bellamy, Richard;
(2023)
Political Constitutionalism.
In: Cane, Peter and Kumarasingham, Harshan, (eds.)
The Cambridge Constitutional History of the United Kingdom.
(pp. 59-87).
Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.
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Abstract
The British Constitution possesses many distinctive features: from its uncodified character and lack of entrenchment to the status as ordinary statutes rather than ‘higher’ law of those written rules that comprise it. However, all these features can be regarded as manifestations of its most distinguishing characteristic – its quality as a predominantly ‘political’ rather than a ‘legal’ constitution.1 Whereas codification, and those other features that the British Constitution notoriously lacks, comprise essential elements of a legal form of constitutionalism, their absence has traditionally been deemed necessary for the integrity of the UK’s political constitution.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Political Constitutionalism |
| ISBN: | 1009277774 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781009277778 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781009277778.005 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009277778.005 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the publisher proofs. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | political constitutionalism, Parliamentary Sovereignty, mixed constitution, parliamentary government, representative democracy, populism |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Political Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10175802 |
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