Loughlin, Martin 
ORCID: 0000-0002-6102-6453
(2007)
Constituent power subverted: from English constitutional argument to British constitutional practice.
In: Loughlin, Martin and Walker, Neil, (eds.)
The Paradox of Constitutionalism: Constituent Power and Constitutional Form.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 27-48.
ISBN 9780199204960
Abstract
Setting mid-17th century English constitutional conflicts in the context of disputes over the ideas of the body politic, the crown and divine right, this chapter argues that in the revolutionary discourse of the 1640s, we see not only the expression of popular sovereignty but also the drawing of a distinction between the constituting power of the people and the constituted power of government. It proposes that these more radical claims were suppressed, initially to stabilize the republican revolution but later to bolster the principle of (revived) monarchical and aristocratic rule. It is through the consequent absence of a concept of constituent power that we are best able to appreciate the peculiar character of the modern British constitution.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Official URL: | http://www.oup.co.uk/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2007 The Author |
| Divisions: | Law |
| Subjects: | K Law > K Law (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 01 May 2009 14:16 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 17:09 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/23865 |
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