TY - BOOK AU - Brazier, Rodney TI - Constitutional practice : the Foundations of British government [3rd] SN - 0198298129 AV - KD35.G7.1 B72C 1999 PY - 1999/// CY - New York : PB - Oxford University Press, KW - Constitutional law -- Australia KW - Constitutional law -- Great Britain KW - Constitutions KW - Great Britain -- Constitutions N1 - Table of Statutes -- 1. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM -- Devining the constitution -- IM The territorial context of the constitution -- Reforming the constitution -- 2. CHOOSING A PRIME MINISTER -- General election -- Resignation through illness or old age -- Voluntary retirement -- Emergency coalition -- Loss of the party Leadership -- T Conclusions -- 3. GOVERNMENT FORMATION FROM A HUNG PARLIAMENT -- The political negotiations -- The Queen -- A caretaker government -- The second dissolution -- Conclusions -- 4. THE TRANSFER OF POWER -- The Prime Minister takes office -- Matters legal, conventional, and political -- The Cabinet chooses itself -- The Sovereign's influence -- Ministers take office -- 5. THE PRIME MINISTER -- The electorate's choice -- Power over Ministers -- The highest profile; patronage; dissolution -- The direction of departments -- A Prime Minister's weaknesses -- Conclusions -- 6. THE CABINET -- Cabinet business -- Cabinet committees and ministerial meetings -- Confidentiality of proceedings -- and papers Conclusions -- 7. MINISTERS AND DEPARTMENTS -- Ministerial titles -- Departments The use of non-departmental Ministers -- SI Ministers' conduct -- Ministers' pay and conditions -- 8. THE OPPOSITION -- The Leader of the Opposition -- Constitutional duties of the Opposition -- The shadow government -- Shadow into substance -- 19. CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY -- The Queen's usual powers -- The Queen's reserve powers -- The Queen and the Scottish Parliament -- Continuity and succession -- 10. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS -- Elections, Members, and parties -- The Commons and the government -- Members' influence on the government -- 11. THE HOUSE OF LORDS -- Acquiring and losing membership -- Organization in the House -- The work of the Lords -- Lords and government in conflict -- Assessment and reform? -- 12. THE CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION OF THE JUDGES -- Appointment, pay, and promotion -- Judges and Parliament -- Extra-judicial activities -- Tenure, discipline, and removal -- Reform -- Appendices -- A. Senior Ministers since 1945 -- B. The Party Leadership Election Rules -- C. The formal resignation and appointment of Ministers: A memorandum by the Clerk of the Privy Council -- Index ER -