Half Title Page; Half Title verso; Title Page; Title verso; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Contents; List of Contributors; 1. Constitutionalism and the Role of Parliaments; 2. Parliamentary Law and Parliamentary Government in Britain; 3. The Formation of Parliamentary Law in France; 4. Parliamentary Law; 5. The Law and Custom of a New Parliament; 6. Cabinet as the Leading Part of Parliament; 7. Parliaments and the Executive; 8. Executive Powers in Foreign Policy; 9. Separation of Powers, Public Law Theory and Comparative Analysis; 10. Judicial Independence and Parliaments
Summary
The role of parliaments in contemporary democracies continues to evolve as parliaments are faced with new challenges. This book sets the historic scene, gives a comparative overview of the modern history of a selection of major European deliberative institutions. It then looks at themes around the doctrine of separation of powers
