The challenge to Westminster : sovereignty, devolution and independence

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The challenge to Westminster : sovereignty, devolution and independence

edited by H.T. Dickinson and Michael Lynch

Tuckwell Press, 2000

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Westminster has taken a great constitutional leap in the dark, with the creation of a new parliament in Scotland and new legislative assemblies in Wales and Northern Ireland. These devolved legislatures may not remain satisfied with the powers conceded to them by Westminster and there is clearly the potential for a sustained political challenge to the authority of the Westminster parliament. It is not clear whether this constitutional arrangement will improve or destroy the unity of the United Kingdom. This book aims to provide the historical context for the constitutional challenges facing the United Kingdom. It explains how parliamentary sovereignty has for so long benefited the English people in particular while creating major problems for the other constituent parts of the British Isles and for Britain's colonial territories overseas. Some chapters explain Scotland's relations with the Westminster parliament from before the Union of 1707, through centuries of semi-independence, to the prolonged efforts to return legislative power to Scotland. Other chapters explain how Wales, the American colonies and the White-settled Dominions accepted or rejected the authority of Parliament and, in particular, why Ireland has for so long remained the most difficult and constitutional challenge facing Westminster.

目次

  • The development of parliamentary sovereignty, Jeff Goldsworthy
  • Scotland's parliament in its British context, 1603-1707, Julian Goodare
  • the idea of sovereignty and the Act of Union, John Robertson
  • Scottish sovereignty in the 18th century, Alex Murdoch
  • sovereignty in the American revolution, Harry Dickinson
  • Ireland - from legislative independence to legislative union, 1782-1800, Tom Bartlett
  • church-state relations in Scotland after the Union, J. Stewart Brown
  • cultural independence and political devolution in Wales, Keith robbins
  • sovereignty and independence in the Dominions, Ged Martin
  • the home rule campaign in Irealnd, Charles Townshend
  • the first home rule movement in Scotland 1886-1918, Graeme Morton
  • civil society, protest and parliament - housing and land in modern Scotland, Ewen A. Cameron
  • legislation and executive autonomy in modern Scotland, Iain Hutchinson
  • home rule and devolution in Ulster, Paul Arthur
  • from national identity to nationalism, 1945-1999, James Mitchell.

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