Andrew Blick Beyond Magna Carta | sku-45138557 Hardcover

Andrew Blick's Beyond Magna Carta: A Constitution for the United Kingdom is a hardcover Constitutional Law Books title, SKU sku-45138557. Blick uses the June 2015 anniversary of Magna Carta to examine the past, present and future of the UK constitution.

Drawing on his work as a research fellow to the first parliamentary inquiry into a written UK constitution, he considers English and UK texts from Anglo-Saxon times onward. He argues that they form a tradition of written constitutional documents and examines the European influence on their introduction and content.

The book addresses recent constitutional change, makes the case for a full written UK constitution and discusses how one might be drafted and what it might contain. Graham Allen MP praises its account of government past and present. Lord Hennessy discusses its treatment of constitutional development from Magna Carta in 1215 through the aftermath of the 2014 Scottish Referendum.