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Essays on the History of Parliamentary Procedure: In Honour of Thomas Erskine May

Essays on the History of Parliamentary Procedure: In Honour of Thomas Erskine May

Author: Paul Evans
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509900206

Published In: December 2017
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781509937523

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The 8th of February 2015 marked the 200th anniversary of Thomas Erskine May's birth, the most famous holder of the office of the Clerk of the House of Commons.

This volume celebrates that event. Bringing together current Clerks in the House of Commons and outside experts, the authors analyse May's profound contribution to the shaping of the modern House of Commons as it made the transition in his lifetime from the pre-Reform Act House to the modern core of the UK's constitutional democracy, symbolised perhaps from its enforced transition between 1834 and 1851 from a mediaeval slum to the World Heritage Palace of Westminster which is the most iconic building in the UK.

It constitutes the first sustained analysis of the development of parliamentary procedure in over half a century, attempting to situate the reforms in the way the central institution of our democracy conducts itself in the political contexts which drove those changes.

Introduction: Paul Evans

Part 1: The man and his milieu

Chapter 1: A Life of May: Sir William McKay

Chapter 2: Predecessors and successors: Mark Etherton

Chapter 3: The great reformers: Paul Seaward

Chapter 4: The Library since May: Oonagh Gay Chapter 4A: From Clerk to Chief Executive: Robert Rogers

Chapter 5: Guardians of the Flame: Emma Crewe

Part 2: The Book

Chapter 6: The Journals of the House of Commons as a source of precedent: Paul Evans

Chapter 7: Manuals and Guides before May: David Natzler

Chapter 8: The evolution of the Book: Paul Evans

Chapter 9: The Book's international cousins and descendants: Crispin Poyser et al