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.
Table of Contents:
Volume III: Institutions
General Introduction
Volume 3 Introduction
Part 1. Monarchs and Administrations
1. 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 Minister
8. Lord Melville to Mr. Addington
9. Sir Robert Peel, Lord Rosebery
10. Sidney Low, ‘The Governance of England’
11. The Prime Minister’s Precedence, J.S. (‘Jack) Sandars to Lord Knollys
12. Chequers Estate Act, 1917
Part 3. Cabinet
13. George Canning to Lord Malmesbury
14. 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 Cabinet
Part 4. Administrations and Mandates
18. 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 Government
22. Report on the Organisation of the Permanent Civil Service
23. Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
24. Anthony Trollope, An Autobiography
25. Report of the Machinery of Government Committee (‘Haldane’ report), 1918
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. 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 Relations
34. 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, 1911
Part 7. Local Government
41. Municipal Corporations Act, 1835
42. Lydia Becker, ‘The Rights and Duties of Women in Local Government’
43. Local Government Act, 1888
44. London Government Act, 1899
Part 8. The Courts and the Legal System
45. Judicial Committee Act, 1833
46. County Courts Act, 1846
47. Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876
48. Supreme Court of Judicature Act, 1873
Index
