The English Constitution: Refoundation, Restoration, and Reform

Author: William Elliot Bulmer
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9781526190024

Published In: September 2025
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781526190031

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What is England? What is England's place in the United Kingdom - or indeed outside it? How should England be governed? What constitutional foundations are needed to secure English democracy?

In this ground-breaking book, Dr W. Elliot Bulmer makes the case for a written constitution for England. Informed by comparative constitutional scholarship and by practical experience of constitution-making around the world, the book ties together debates on English national identity with discussion on the constitutional future of England. It offers an English solution to the problem of the United Kingdom's constitutional disrepair and a constitutional solution to the problem of England's identity crisis.

Demonstrating that a written constitution both practical in the English context and compatible with the English constitutional tradition, the book includes an example draft constitution inspired by Westminster Model democracies in the Commonwealth.

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

(a) The Constitution and the English Question

(b) The Constitution

(d) Structure and Argument of the Book

(e) Facing the Future

1. THE COLLAPSE OF THE UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION

(a) Development of the English Constitution

(b) The British Constitution in its Prime

(d) Disintegration of the British Constitution

(e) What is a Constitution?