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 \nAUSTRALIA  \nLBC Information ServicesSydney  \nCANADA and USACarswellToronto,Ontario  \nNEW ZEALANDBrooker'sAuckland  \nSINGAPORE and MALAYSIASweet &Maxwell AsiaSingapore and Kuala Lumpur  \nDOES THE UNITED KINGDOMSTILL HAVE A CONSTITUTION?  \nby  \nANTHONY KING  \nEssex County Council MillenniumProfessor of British Government,University of ssex  \nPublished under the auspices ofTHE HAMLYN TRUST  \n200710  \nLONDON  \nSWEET&MAXWELL2001  \nNo natural forests were destroyed to make this product;only farmed timber was used and replanted  \nA CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the BritishLibrary  \n342.420d  \nKIN    \nISBN 0421752009(HB)042174930X(PB)  \nCrown Copyright legislation is reproduced under the terms ofCrown Copyright Policy Guidance issued by HMSO.All rightsreserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form,or by any means stored in anyretrieval system of any nature without prior written permission,except for permitted fair dealing under the Copyright,Designsand Patents Act 1988,or in accordance with the terms of alicence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency in respect ofphotocopying and/or reprographic reproduction.Applicationfor permission for other use of copyright material includingpermission to reproduce extracts in other published works shallbe made to the publishers.Full acknowlegement of author,  \nThe  \nM1  \n(a)问6  \n八  \n⑥  \nAn  \nTo the members and officersof the Essex County Council  \n# PREFACE\n\nThe four chapters of this book are based on the HamlynLectures delivered at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies inLondon in late November and early December 2000.It was agreat honour,especially for a non-lawyer,to be invited to givethe lectures,and I am enormously grateful to the HamlynTrustees both for extending the initial invitation and for takinggreat care with the organisation of the lectures.As may beimagined,it was more than a little daunting to be asked to jointhe company of Hamlyn Lecturers,a company including LordDenning,Lord Scarman,Lord Justice Woolf and Lord JusticeSedley,among many other distinguished jurists.I only hopethat the Hamlyn Trustees do not regret admitting into theirmidst a mere political scientist.  \nI also owe a debt of gratitude to the members and officers ofthe Essex County Council,to whom this book is dedicated,andespecially to Lord Hanningfield,Ken Jones,Mervyn Juliff andStewart Ashurst,the Chief Executive.Officer.Led by LordHanningfield,it was they who had the imagination to recognisethat the British constitution is undergoing a period of rapid andprofound change,with cumulative consequences that are almostimpossible to predict.They recommended to the County Coun-cil that,as one of Essex's contributions to the 2000 Millenniumcelebrations,the Council should endow a new Chair at theUniversity of Essex specialising in constitutional change.Theirrecommendation was accepted.There can be few other localauthorities anywhere in the world that have shown similardisinterestedness and vision.It is a great honour to be the firstholder of the new Chair.  \nIn preparing the lectures and this book,I profited immenselyfrom the efficient and intelligent research assistance provided bytwo doctoral candidates at Essex University:first Jack Kneeshawand then Rob Kemp.I am also grateful to Lord Neill of Bladen,Peter Riddell,Lord Justice Dyson (as he now is)and JohnBridge,the chairman of the Hamlyn Trustees,for chairing thefour lectures.Not least,I am grateful to six friends who read the  \n## Preface\n\nmanuscript in whole or in part and made valuable commentsand suggestions:Sir John Dyson,Emma Gilmour,Jan King,Peter Riddell,Albert Weale and Sir Michael Wheeler-Booth.Allsix are granted the usual absolution.They did their best.  \nI should perhaps explain that this book is essentially a\"thinkpiece”.It makes no claim","cbCaiksP4dP853wS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiksP4dP853wS","pdf",10313339,132,"English","# Preface\n## Origins of the Hamlyn Lectures\n## Purpose and approach of the book\n## Footnotes, references, and factual caveats","[{\"question\":\"What are the Hamlyn Lectures used as the basis for this book?\",\"answer\":\"The four chapters are based on the Hamlyn Lectures delivered at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London in late November and early December 2000.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Anthony King describe the book’s academic approach?\",\"answer\":\"He presents it as an essentially high-altitude “thinkpiece,” making no claims to scholarly rigour or thoroughness and avoiding extensive footnotes and references.\"},{\"question\":\"Why are footnotes and references kept to a minimum?\",\"answer\":\"He explains that adding them would clutter most pages with many reference numbers, so the argument is allowed to speak directly, with references mainly limited to quotations and statistics.\"}]","Does the United Kingdom Still Have a Constitution? 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