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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction: The Case for the Political Constitution -- I. Introduction -- II. The British Constitution and Policymaking -- III. The New British Constitution: A Note of Scepticism -- IV. Outline of the Volume -- PART I: THE POLITICAL CONSTITUTION AND THE LAW -- 1. A (Brief) Case against Constitutional Supremacy -- I. Introduction: We've Been Here Before -- II. A (Brief) Case against Constitutional Supremacy -- III. The Unwritten Constitution During Times of 'Crisis' -- IV. Conclusion: Accepting the Human Foundations of Laws and Constitutions -- 2. Judicial Encroachment on the Political Constitution? -- I. Politics and the Judges -- II. The Political Constitution -- III. The Judicial Function -- IV. Crossing the Boundary Line -- V. Empowering the Judges -- VI. Widened Boundaries, Deeper Scrutiny -- VII. Back to Basics? -- 3. Legislative Freedom and its Consequences -- I. Introduction -- II. Stability and Contingency in Historical Perspective -- III. The Territorial Constitution -- IV. European Integration and International Law -- V. Human Rights Law Reform -- VI. Legislating about Judicial Review -- VII. Conclusion -- 4. A Great Forgetting: Common Law, Natural Law and the Human Rights Act -- I. Introduction -- II. Classic Common Law Rights -- III. Natural Law Roots -- IV. The Hobbesian Turn -- V. Custom and Deference -- VI. The Centring of Value -- 5. Law and Politics: The Nightmare and the Noble Dream -- I. Introduction -- II. The Lord Chancellor Today -- III. The Executive -- IV. The Judiciary -- V. The Intention of Parliament -- VI. Judicial Review and the Rule of Law -- VII. Reform of the Reform Agenda -- PART II: WESTMINSTER AND WHITEHALL -- 6. The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011: Out, Out Brief Candle -- I. Introduction -- II. Constitutional Balance -- III. The Effect of the FTPA.