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Constitutional law and empire in interwar Britain: universities, liberty, nationality and parliamentary supremacy
Author(s) -
Donal K. Coffey
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
northern ireland legal quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2514-4936
pISSN - 0029-3105
DOI - 10.53386/nilq.v71i2.316
Subject(s) - law , public law , political science , comparative law , doctrine , citizenship , constitutional law , nationality , empire , sociology , immigration , politics
This article examines the influence of imperial law, law outside the UK but within the British Empire, on the development of British constitutional law in the interwar period. It first looks at public law within the universities. Four foundational textbooks in British public law are then analysed to assess the extent to which the academic exposition of constitutional law was influenced by imperial law. The influence of imperial law on the areas of liberty/habeas corpus and citizenship is then considered. The article concludes by re-examining the doctrine of parliamentary supremacy and argues that Dicey accepted a variant of the ‘manner and form’ objection in the final edition of his textbook completed before his death.

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