Volume III: InstitutionsGeneral IntroductionVolume 3 IntroductionPart 1. Monarchs and Administrations1. Samuel Romilly:Change of Administration 2. Lord Erskine:Change of Administration 3. Robert Peel:The Address 4. Lord John Russell:Address in Answer to the Speech 5. Walter Bagehot:The English Constitution 6. Austin Holyoake:Would a Republican Form of Government Be Suitable to England? 7. Lord Curzon:Parliament Bill Vote of Censure Part 2. The Prime Minister8. Lord Melville to Mr. Addington9. Sir Robert Peel, Lord Rosebery10. Sidney Low:The Governance of England 11. The Prime Minister s Precedence, J.S. (⁰́₈Jack) Sandars to Lord Knollys12. Chequers Estate Act, 1917Part 3. Cabinet13. George Canning to Lord Malmesbury14. Lord Castlereagh:Lord Ellenborough s Seat in the Cabinet 15. Walter Bagehot:The English Constitution 16. Minutes of a Meeting of the War Cabinet 17. Draft Rules of Procedure for the War CabinetPart 4. Administrations and Mandates18. Benjamin Disraeli:Commercial Policy 19. Sir Robert Peel:Resignation of the Ministry 20. William Gladstone:Defeat of the Government on the Irish Church Resolutions 21. Marquess of Hartington:Government of Ireland Bill Part 5. Civil Service and Machinery of Government22. Report on the Organisation of the Permanent Civil Service 23. Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit24. Anthony Trollope, An Autobiography25. Report of the Machinery of Government Committee (⁰́₈Haldane report), 1918 26. Subcommittee Appointed to Consider the Position after the War of Women Holding Temporary Appointments in Government DepartmentsPart 6. Parliament6. 1 General27. Edmund Burke:Economical Reform 28. Sir Robert Peel:Resignation of Ministers 29. Sir Robert Peel:Confidence in the Ministry 30. Earl of Rosebery:Motion for a Select Committee (House of Lords Reform) 31. A. V. Dicey, Law of the Constitution (the Sovereignty of Parliament)32. A. J. Balfour:New Procedure Rules (for the House of Commons) 33. Earl of Clarendon:House of Lords Reform 6.2 Commons-Lords Relations34. Earl Grey:Ministerial Arrangements 35. Lord Chelmsford:Paper Duty Repeal Bill 36. Lord Salisbury:Irish Church Bill 37. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman:Education (England and Wales) Bill 38. Herbert Henry Asquith:Parliament Bill 39. Ramsey MacDonald:Parliament Bill 40. Parliament Act, 1911Part 7. Local Government41. Municipal Corporations Act, 183542. Lydia Becker:The Rights and Duties of Women in Local Government 43. Local Government Act, 188844. London Government Act, 1899Part 8. The Courts and the Legal System45. Judicial Committee Act, 183346. County Courts Act, 184647. Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 187648. Supreme Court of Judicature Act, 1873Index
This volume covers the nature and operation of different organs of the constitution. It includes documents dealing with Parliament; the monarchy; the legal system; the Church; the Prime Minister and the Cabinet; the Civil Service; and local government. It presents accounts from insiders who were directly involved in working these institutions; and of the perceptions of outside observers. It identifies documents pertaining to key moments of change in the history of these entities, including alterations in the relations between them. It deals with matters including their legal basis, their internal structures, and the importance of precedent to the way in which they functioned in relation to one-another.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- General Introduction -- Introduction to Volume III: Institutions -- Part 1 Monarchs and Administrations -- 1 'Change of Administration' -- 2 'Change of Administration' -- 3 'The Address' -- 4 'Address in Answer to the Speech' -- 5 Extract from The English Constitution -- 6 Would a Republican Form of Government Be Suitable to England? -- 7 'Parliament Bill - Vote of Censure' -- Part 2 The Prime Minister -- 8 Lord Melville to Mr. Addington -- 9 Sir Robert Peel -- 10 'Introduction' -- 11 The Prime Minister's Precedence, J. S. ('Jack') Sandars to Lord Knollys -- 12 Chequers Estate Act, 1917 -- Part 3 Cabinet -- 13 Letter from George Canning to Lord Malmesbury -- 14 'Lord Ellenborough's Seat in the Cabinet' -- 15 Extracts from The English Constitution -- 16 Minutes of a Meeting of the War Cabinet -- 17 Draft Rules of Procedure for the War Cabinet -- Part 4 Administrations and Mandates -- 18 'Commercial Policy' -- 19 'Resignation of the Ministry' -- 20 'Defeat of the Government on the Irish Church Resolutions' -- 21 'Government of Ireland Bill' -- Part 5 Civil Service and Machinery of Government -- 22 Report on the Organisation of the Permanent Civil Service -- 23 Extract from Little Dorrit -- 24 Extract from An Autobiography -- 25 Report of the Machinery of Government Committee ('Haldane' Report) -- 26 Subcommittee Appointed to Consider the Position After the War of Women Holding Temporary Appointments in Government Departments -- Part 6 Parliament -- 6.1 General -- 27 'Economical Reform' -- 28 'Resignation of Ministers' -- 29 'Confidence in the Ministry' -- 30 'Motion for a Select Committee (House of Lords Reform)' -- 31 Extracts from Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution -- 32 'New Procedure Rules [for the House of Commons]' -- 33 'House of Lords Reform'.
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This volume covers the nature and operation of different organs of the constitution. It includes documents dealing with Parliament; the monarchy; the legal system; the Church; the Prime Minister; the Civil Service; and local government. It identifies documents pertaining to key moments of change in the history of these entities