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The English Constitution
Refoundation, restoration, and reform
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William Elliot Bulmer
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English
Published/Copyright:
2025
About this book
What is England? What is England’s place in the United Kingdom – or indeed outside it? How should England be governed? What constitutional foundations are needed to secure English democracy?
In this ground-breaking book, Dr W. Elliot Bulmer makes the case for a written constitution for England. Informed by comparative constitutional scholarship and by practical experience of constitution-making around the world, the book ties together debates on English national identity with discussion on the constitutional future of England. It offers an English solution to the problem of the United Kingdom’s constitutional disrepair and a constitutional solution to the problem of England’s identity crisis.
Demonstrating that a written constitution both practical in the English context and compatible with the English constitutional tradition, the book includes an example draft constitution inspired by Westminster Model democracies in the Commonwealth.
In this ground-breaking book, Dr W. Elliot Bulmer makes the case for a written constitution for England. Informed by comparative constitutional scholarship and by practical experience of constitution-making around the world, the book ties together debates on English national identity with discussion on the constitutional future of England. It offers an English solution to the problem of the United Kingdom’s constitutional disrepair and a constitutional solution to the problem of England’s identity crisis.
Demonstrating that a written constitution both practical in the English context and compatible with the English constitutional tradition, the book includes an example draft constitution inspired by Westminster Model democracies in the Commonwealth.
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W. Elliot Bulmer is an independent scholar of constitutional democracy and a former Senior Advisor on Constitution Building for the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.
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Front Matter
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Contents
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Epigraph
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Foreword
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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1 The collapse of the unwritten constitution
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2 Unravelling of the United Kingdom
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3 Rediscovering England, reclaiming Englishness
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4 Liberty according to English ideas and on English principles
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5 Restoration and reform
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6 Constitution-building and the way forward
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7 Good government and political culture
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Annex. Draft Constitution
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Introduction
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Draft Constitution
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Schedules
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Index
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September 2, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9781526190048
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eBook ISBN:
9781526190048
Keywords for this book
English nationalism; Westminster model; constitutional reform; written constitution; Englishness; Neo-Burkean; devolution; parliamentary reform; codification; Charter 88
Audience(s) for this book
For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
