Albert Venn Dicey: Writings on Democracy and the Referendum
Albert Venn Dicey: Writings on Democracy and the Referendum What are the limits to parliamentary sovereignty? The constitutional theorist Albert Venn Dicey (1835-1922) was a cogent advocate of the…
Specifikacia Albert Venn Dicey: Writings on Democracy and the Referendum
Albert Venn Dicey: Writings on Democracy and the Referendum
What are the limits to parliamentary sovereignty? The constitutional theorist Albert Venn Dicey (1835-1922) was a cogent advocate of the referendum. When should the people be able to vote directly on issues?
This fall into obscurity is partly explained by the fact that Dicey never collected his writings on referendums into a single volume. While his enthusiasm for the institution was widely acknowledged in his own day, thereafter this dimension of his career has been largely neglected. Consequently, during the prolonged crisis over Brexit, the implications of Dicey's thought were unclear, despite his standing as a foundational figure in British constitutional law.
This timely modern edition brings together Dicey's sophisticated and intricate writings on the referendum, and it covers his attempts to construct a credible theory of democracy on a new intellectual and institutional basis.
Brexit Referendum on Twitter
Gnostic Writings on the Soul
On Democracy
Writings on the Paris Commune
Democracy and the Market
Writings on Art
Albert and the Whale
Writings on Cities