Parliament

This collection of essays by leading academics, lawyers, parliamentarians and parliamentary officials provides a critical assessment of the UK Parliament's two main constitutional roles-as a legislature and as the preeminent institution for calling government to account. Both functions are undergoing change and facing new challenges. Part 1 (Legislation) includes chapters on Parliament's emerging responsibilities for pre-legislative scrutiny of government Bills and for evaluating proposed legislation against explicit constitutional standards. The impact on legislation of the European Union and the growing influence of the House of Lords are also examined. Part 2 (Accountability) investigates how Parliament operates to scrutinise areas of executive action previously often shielded from effective parliamentary oversight, including national security, war-making powers and administrative justice. There are also chapters on parliamentary reform, including analysis of the House of Commons 'Wright reforms', parliamentary sovereignty, privilege and the European Convention on Human Rights, Euroscepticism, and parliamentary sovereignty and the regulation of lobbyists.The book will be of interest to anyone who is curious about the work of Parliament and is aimed at legal academics, practitioners and political scientists.

1. Introduction Alexander Horne and Andrew Le SueurPart 1: Legislation2. What is the Parliamentary Scrutiny of Legislation for? Sir Stephen Laws3. Pre-legislative Scrutiny in Parliament Jessica Mulley and Helen Kinghorn4. Parliament's Constitutional Standards Jack Simson Caird and Dawn Oliver5. European Scrutiny Paul Hardy6. Legislative Scrutiny in the House of Lords Philip Norton (Lord Norton of Louth)Part 2: Accountability7. Parliamentary Reform and the Accountability of Government to the House of Commons Richard Kelly and Lucinda Maer8. The Regulation of Lobbyists Oonagh Gay9. Robot Government: Automated Decision-Making and its Implications for Parliament Andrew Le Sueur10. Parliament and National Security Alexander Horne and Clive Walker11. Parliament and International Treaties Arabella Lang12. Sovereignty, Privilege and the European Convention on Human Rights Alexander Horne and Hélène Tyrrell13. Euroscepticism and Parliamentary Sovereignty: The Lingering Shadows of Factortame and Thoburn Gavin Drewry