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Beyond Magna Carta: A Constitution for the United Kingdom
This book, published at the time of the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, considers a series of historical documents from Anglo-Saxon times onwards which sought to set out arrangements for the governance of England and later the UK as a whole.
Author(s) | By Dr Andrew Blick. |
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Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Format | Hardback |
Pages | 314 |
Published in | United Kingdom |
Published | 23 Apr 2015 |
Availability | Available |
This book, published at the time of the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, considers a series of historical documents from Anglo-Saxon times onwards which sought to set out arrangements for the governance of England and later the UK as a whole.
1. Introduction The ' Vow ' Constitutional Perceptions PART I: The Written Constitutional Tradition 2. Before Magna Carta: Early Law Codes and Charters The Ethelbert Law Code Anglo-Saxon Codes After Ethelbert Post-Conquest Texts 3. Magna Car
Andrew Blick is Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History at the Institute of Contemporary British History, King's College London.