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The English Constitution: Refoundation, Restoration, and Reform

The English Constitution: Refoundation, Restoration, and Reform

Name: The English Constitution: Refoundation, Restoration, and Reform
Brand: Manchester University Press
SKU: 9781526190024
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Author: William Elliot Bulmer
ISBN: 9781526190024

By William Elliot Bulmer

Manchester University Press September 2025

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ISBN-13: 9781526190024
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication: September 2025
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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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?

(f) Public Government and Constitutional Refoundation

(g) Objections Answered

2. UNRAVELLING OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

(a) Who are 'the people'?

(b) Englishness and Anglo-Centric British Nationalism

(d) The End of Empire: End of the Union?

(e) Is there a Federal Solution?

(f) Federacy, Associated Statehood and the British Union

(g) Becoming a Normal Country

3. REDISCOVERING ENGLAND, RECLAIMING ENGLISHNESS

(a) Visions of England

(b) The Hauntology of Englishness

(d) The Anglo-Scepticism of the Anglo-British Elite

(e) Civic, Democratic, Constitutional Nationalism

(f) Can the Tide be Turned?

4. LIBERTY ACCORDING TO ENGLISH IDEAS AND ON ENGLISH PRINCIPLES

(a) The Westminster Model Constitutional Tradition

(b) Moderation and Consensus

5. RESTORATION AND REFORM

(a) Institutional Reforms

(b) Rights and Principles

(d) The Church of England

(h) Devolution and Local Government

(i) Summary

6. CONSTITUTION-BUILDING AND THE WAY FORWARD

(a) Design of Constitution Building Processes

(b) Constitution Building in England

(d) Approval and Adoption of the Constitution

7. GOOD GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL CULTURE

(a) How Constitutions support Good Government

(b) Beyond the Constitution

(d) Conclusion

ANNEX: DRAFT CONSTITUTION FOR ENGLAND

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