Overruled : confronting our vanishing democracy in 8 cases / Sam Fowles.
By: Fowles, Sam [author.]
.Publisher: London : Oneworld, 2022Description: viii, 243 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780861542475; 9780861542482.Other title: Overruled : confronting our vanishing democracy in eight cases [Other title].Subject(s): Civil rights -- Great Britain -- Cases | Democracy -- Great Britain | Right to democracy -- Great Britain | Constitutional law -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 342.85041 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 342.85041 FOW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 021689 |
Introduction : Hamilton and Ors v Post Office Ltd -- The lodestar of the constitution : Miller II/Cherry v The Prime Minister ('The prorogation case'), pt. 1 -- Lies, damn lies and bullshit : Miller II/Cherry v the Prime Minister ('The prorogation case'), pt. 2 -- Zombie parliament : Vince v Advocate General ('The Benn Act case') -- Justice denied : R (NoPI) v Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority ('The St. Davids case') -- Too much government : R (Bureau of Investigative Journalists) v The Prime Minister ('The Russia Report case') -- Keeping secrets : Stanley v Secretary of State for Northern Ireland ('The Birmingham pub bombings case') -- Brits abroad : Montague v Secretary of State for International Trade ('The trade papers case') -- Media barons, old and new : SNP v ITV ('The election debates case') -- Poplulism : weaponised bullshit : A v B (Housing) -- Crushing dissent : The Clapham Common inquiry -- Conclusion : revitalising the constitution.