Administrative / Constitutional Law

Walter Bagehot: The English Constitution

Edited by Walter Bagehot · Miles Taylor
Oxford University Press January 2011

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780199539017
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication
January 2011
Format
Paperback , 256 pages
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

'An ancient and ever-altering constitution is like an old man who still wears with attached fondness clothes in the fashion of his youth: what you see of him is the same; what you do not see is wholly altered.'



Walter Bagehot's The English Constitution (1867) is the best account of the history and working of the British political system ever written. As arguments raged in mid-Victorian Britain about giving the working man the vote, and democracies overseas were pitched into despotism and civil war, Bagehot took a long, cool look at the 'dignified' and 'efficient' elements which made the English system the envy of the world. His analysis of the monarchy, the role of the prime minister and cabinet, and comparisons with the American presidential system are astute and timeless, and pertinent to current discussions surrounding devolution and electoral reform.


Combining the wit and panache of a journalist with the wisdom of a man of letters steeped in evolutionary ideas and historical knowledge, Bagehot produced a book which is always thoughtful, often funny, and seldom dull.


This edition reproduces Bagehot's original 1867 work in full, and introduces the reader to the dramatic political events that surrounded its publication.


Readership: Students and teachers of modern British political history, history of political thought, liberalism, introduction to politics, the British constitution, politicians, anyone interested in constitutional history.


 


 



About the Author

Walter Bagehot

Edited by

Miles Taylor

, Lecturer in Modern History, King's College, London

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