Parliament : legislation and accountability

Author(s)

• Horne, Alexander
• Le Sueur, A. P.

Bibliographic Information

Parliament : legislation and accountability

edited by Alexander Horne and Andrew Le Sueur

（Hart studies in constitutional law, v. 5）

Hart, 2016

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This collection of essays by leading academics, lawyers, parliamentarians and parliamentary officials provides a critical assessment of the UK Parliament's two main constitutional roles-as a legislature and as the preeminent institution for calling government to account. Both functions are undergoing change and facing new challenges. Part 1 (Legislation) includes chapters on Parliament's emerging responsibilities for pre-legislative scrutiny of government Bills and for evaluating proposed legislation against explicit constitutional standards. The impact on legislation of the European Union and the growing influence of the House of Lords are also examined. Part 2 (Accountability) investigates how Parliament operates to scrutinise areas of executive action previously often shielded from effective parliamentary oversight, including national security, war-making powers and administrative justice. There are also chapters on parliamentary reform, including analysis of the House of Commons 'Wright reforms', parliamentary sovereignty, privilege and the European Convention on Human Rights, Euroscepticism, and parliamentary sovereignty and the regulation of lobbyists. The book will be of interest to anyone who is curious about the work of Parliament and is aimed at legal academics, practitioners and political scientists.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction Alexander Horne and Andrew Le Sueur Part 1: Legislation 2. What is the Parliamentary Scrutiny of Legislation for? Sir Stephen Laws 3. Pre-legislative Scrutiny in Parliament Jessica Mulley and Helen Kinghorn 4. Parliament's Constitutional Standards Jack Simson Caird and Dawn Oliver 5. European Scrutiny Paul Hardy 6. Legislative Scrutiny in the House of Lords Philip Norton (Lord Norton of Louth) Part 2: Accountability 7. Parliamentary Reform and the Accountability of Government to the House of Commons Richard Kelly and Lucinda Maer 8. The Regulation of Lobbyists Oonagh Gay 9. Robot Government: Automated Decision-Making and its Implications for Parliament Andrew Le Sueur 10. Parliament and National Security Alexander Horne and Clive Walker 11. Parliament and International Treaties Arabella Lang 12. Sovereignty, Privilege and the European Convention on Human Rights Alexander Horne and Helene Tyrrell 13. Euroscepticism and Parliamentary Sovereignty: The Lingering Shadows of Factortame and Thoburn Gavin Drewry

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Details

• NCID: BB21918287
• ISBN:
  • 9781849467162
• LCCN: 2016015255
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: xxvi, 318 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB10493834