Constitutionalism and the Role of Parliaments.

Half Title Page -- Half Title verso -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1. Constitutionalism and the Role of Parliaments -- I. THE MEANING OF CONSTITUTIONALISM -- II. OVERVIEW OF THIS BOOK -- III. CONCLUSIONS -- 2. Parliamentary Law and Parliamentary Government in Britain -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. PARLIAMENTARY LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION -- III. PARLIAMENTARY LAW AND 'GOVERNMENT BY DISCUSSION' -- IV. THE LAW OF PARLIAMENT AND CABINET RESPONSIBILITY -- V. CONCLUSION -- 3. The Formation of Parliamentary Law in France -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE ORIGINS -- III. YEARS OF APPRENTICESHIP -- IV. VOTING OF ABSENT MEMBERS -- 4. Parliamentary Law -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE TRADITIONSMATERIAL OF PARLIAMENTARY RULES OF PROCEDURE -- III. THE VORMÄRZ: HETERONOMOUS PARLIAMENTARY LAW -- IV. THE PAULSKIRCHE AS A LASTING MODEL OF PARLIAMENTARY AUTONOMY -- V. FROM THE PAULSKIRCHE TO 1918: THE PIECEMEAL PROGRESS OF PARLIAMENTARY LAW -- VI. A GERMAN EXPERIENCE OF PARLIAMENTARY LAW? -- 5. The Law and Custom of a New Parliament -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. COMPOSITION AND ORGANISATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT -- III. SALIENT ISSUES: POWER AND EFFECT -- IV. THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT'S INCREASED POWERS -- V. THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND DEMOCRACY IN THE EU -- VI. THE EU CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT -- VII. CONCLUSION -- 6. Cabinet as the Leading Part of Parliament -- I. PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT: FOLLOWING BAGEHOT'S TRACK -- II. CABINET AS A COMMITTEE CHOSEN BY PARLIAMENT: THE ELECTIVE FUNCTION IN WRITTEN CONSTITUTIONS -- III. THE CONTOURS OF PARLIAMENT -- IV. MANAGEMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS -- 7. Parliaments and the Executive -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL IS POLITICAL CONTROL -- III. PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL AS CONTROL OF THE GOVERNMENT.

IV. PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL AND THE SEPARATION OF POWERS -- V. INSTRUMENTS OF CONTROL -- VI. EFFECTIVENESS AND LIMITS OF PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL -- VII. LEGAL LIMITATIONS ON PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL -- VIII. SUMMARY -- 8. Executive Powers in Foreign Policy -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. INVOLVING PARLIAMENTS IN DEPLOYMENT DECISIONS? -- III. PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL OVER DEPLOYMENT DECISIONS IN GERMANY -- IV. CONCLUSIONS -- ANNEX: EXTRACTS FROM THE GERMAN CONSTITUTION -- 9. Separation of Powers, Public Law Theory and Comparative Analysis -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE POLICING OF EXECUTIVE POWER IN 'SENSITIVE' AREAS -- III. PUBLIC LAW THEORY AND THE SEPARATION OF POWERS -- IV. PARLIAMENTS AND ASSEMBLIES -- V. ELECTIONS AND INSTITUTIONS -- VI. CONCLUSION: WHAT SHOULD COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS ENTAIL? -- 10. Judicial Independence and Parliaments -- I. THE MEANING OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY -- II. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE JUDICIARY AND PARLIAMENT -- III. JUDICIAL REVIEW THROUGH THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 AND FUNDAMENTAL COMMON LAW RIGHTS -- 11. Why Should Judges Be Independent? -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. WHAT IS 'JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE'? IN SEARCH OF AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK -- III. THE INITIAL THEORETICAL JUSTIFICATION OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE: FROM COKE TO MONTESQUIEU -- IV. THE AMBIVALENT ATTITUDE OF FRANCE IN THE PAST TOWARDS JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE -- V. TOWARDS A NEW PARADIGM: THE EMERGENCE OF AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIAL POWER -- 12. Independence of the Judiciary in Germany -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE NOTION OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE -- III. THE JUDICIARY IN GERMANY -- IV. CONSTITUTIONAL FUNCTIONS OF THE GERMAN JUDICIARY -- V. CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE -- VI. JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AND DEMOCRATIC LEGITIMATION OF JUDGMENTS -- VII. SELECTION, ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES IN GERMANY -- VIII. CONCLUSION.

13. Making Parliamentary Rights Effective -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ORGANSTREITVERFAHREN AND PARLIAMENTARY RIGHTS -- III. COURT DEVELOPMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY LAW: SOME RECENT EXAMPLES -- IV. CONCLUSIONS -- 14. The Parliamentary Protection of Human Rights -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. PARLIAMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- III. FROM THE BILL OF RIGHTS TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT -- IV. THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS -- V. THE NATURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS SCRUTINY -- VI. THE IMPACT OF HUMAN RIGHTS SCRUTINY -- VII. THE FUTURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS SCRUTINY -- VIII. THE PARADOX OF HUMAN RIGHTS SCRUTINY -- IX. PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY AND PARLIAMENTARY REFORM -- X. CONCLUSION -- Index.

This book examines the role of parliaments in modern constitutionalism by comparing various European deliberative institutions.

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