The New Labour Constitution

Twenty Years On
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-5099-5725-5
Verlag: Hart Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 580 g

The New Labour government first elected in 1997 had a defining influence on the development of the modern UK constitution. This book combines legal and political perspectives to provide a unique assessment of the way in which this major programme of constitutional reform has changed the nature of the UK constitution. The chapters, written by leading experts in UK public law and politics, analyse the impact and legacy of the New Labour reform programme some 20 years on from the 1997 general election, and reveal the ways in which the UK constitution is now, to a significant extent, the 'New Labour constitution'.

The book takes a broad approach to exploring the legacy of the New Labour years for the UK constitution. The contributors evaluate a range of specific substantive reforms (including on human rights, devolution, freedom of information, and the judicial system), changes to the process and method of constitutional reform under New Labour, the impact on key institutions (such as the judiciary and Parliament), and a number of wider constitutional themes (including national security, administrative justice, and the relationship between the Labour Party and constitutionalism). The book also reflects on the future challenges for the constitution constructed by New Labour, and the prospects for further constitutional reform.

In bringing together this range of perspectives to reflect on the implications of the New Labour era of reform, this book offers a critical examination of a foundational period in the development of the contemporary UK constitution.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gordon, Michael

Tucker, Adam

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The New Labour Constitution: Twenty Years On: Introduction

Michael Gordon, University of Liverpool, UK and Adam Tucker, University of Liverpool, UK
1. Labour's Constitutional Changes 1997-2010: Time for More

Lord Falconer of Thoroton, House of Lords, UK
2. Britain's New Labour Constitution: Causes and Consequences

Rodney Brazier, University of Manchester, UK
3. The Human Rights Act 1998: Two Decades Swimming Upstream

Hélène Tyrrell, Newcastle University, UK
4. The Unintended Consequences of Legislative Constitutionalism: The Common Law Constitution and Judicial Comparativism

Se-shauna Wheatle, Durham University, UK
5. Judicial Policy and New Labour's Constitutional Project

Graham Gee, University of Sheffield, UK
6. Devolution: A New Fundamental Principle of the UK Constitution

Chris MCCorkindale, University of Strathclyde, UK
7. The 'Evolution' of Devolution: Assessing Labour's Legacy in England

Arianna Giovannini, De Montfort University, UK
8. 'Three Harmless Words': New Labour and Freedom of Information

Ben Worthy, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
9. What Was New Labour's Vision for Parliament? And Did It Succeed?

Louise Thompson, University of Manchester, UK
10. New Labour's Judicial Power Project

Roger Masterman, Durham University, UK
11. New Labour's Secret National Security Constitution

Paul F Scott, University of Glasgow, UK
12. Individual Terrorist Suspects as the New Folk Devil: New Labour, Rights Tokenism and Security Compulsions

Rumyana van Ark (née Grozdanova), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
13. Revisiting the Administrative Justice Legacy of New Labour

Joe Tomlinson, University of York, UK and Richard Kirkham, University of Sheffield, UK
14. Referendums and New Labour's Constitutional Reforms

Leah Trueblood, University of Oxford, UK
15. Neoliberalism, Labour Law and New Labour's Turn to Constitutionalism

Robert Knox, University of Liverpool, UK
16. The Legacy of the New Labour Constitution and the Future of Labour Constitutionalism

Michael Gordon, University of Liverpool, UK and Adam Tucker, University of Liverpool, UK

Über Autor(innen)

Gordon, Michael
Michael Gordon is Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Liverpool, UK.

Tucker, Adam
Adam Tucker is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Liverpool, UK.

Michael Gordon is Professor of Constitutional Law and Adam Tucker is Senior Lecturer in Law, both at the University of Liverpool, UK.