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Constitutional Values, Identities and Rights: Realisation and Protection in Codified and Uncodified Constitutions book cover

1st Edition

Constitutional Values, Identities and Rights Realisation and Protection in Codified and Uncodified Constitutions

Edited By John McGarry Copyright 2026
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge
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This book discusses the way in which the constitutions are shaped by, and shape, the values and identities inherent in them and how those values and identities may be realised as fundamental rights and, consequently, protected. It examines the values, identities and rights of the UK constitution – which is highly dynamic and political in nature – and of constitutions more generally. The text... Read more

Introduction
John McGarry

Part 1: Executive Power: Changing Facts and Changing Values

1. Clocking the British Constitution: Unfixing the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
Mark Ryan

2. The Modifying of Orthodox Parliamentary Sovereignty Through the Lens of Constitutional Statutes, Political Facts, and Executive Dominance
Jake Hinks

Part 2: Values, Principles and Rights

3. The Distinction Between Constitutional Values and Constitutional Principles
Antonios E. Platsas

4. Culture Wars and Constitutional Identity: The Weaponisation of Constitutional Values
Ben Stanford

Part 3: The Protection of Constitutional Rights and Constitutional Values

5. ‘Most of the Benefits of a Written Constitution’ – Constitutional Statutes and the Principle of Legality
John McGarry and Sharon McAvoy

6. Were We Really Ready for the Human Rights Act?
Steve Foster

7. Protection of Judicial independence in Codified and Uncodified Constitutions
Piotr Mikuli

8. Constitutional Statutes, Brexit and the Case for Codification
Gary Wilson

Biography

John McGarry is a Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University. His teaching and research interests include all aspects of public law and he has published extensively in this area as well as giving papers nationally and internationally. He has also provided evidence to various parliamentary inquiries and government consultations.

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