Richard Gordon KC, a member of Brick Court Chambers, London, is recognised as one of the UK's leading silks in administrative and public law and human rights. He is a Visiting Professor at University College London and at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has acted in many of the most important public law and human rights cases in recent years, and appears regularly before the House of Lords and Court of Appeal and in foreign jurisdictions as well as before the ECJ and European Court of Human Rights.
Glossary of Essential Terms Part 1: Setting the Scene 1. Outline of the
Book 2. Why We Need a Written Constitution 3. Power to the People 4. Power
Sustaining Devices 5. Parliamentary Sovereignty 6. No-one Ever Voted for
Parliamentary Sovereignty 7. Why Parliamentary Sovereignty Doesn't Work 8.
The Need for a Public Debate 9. The Virtues of Representative Democracy 10.
Drafting a Written Constitution: The Practicalities 11. Contents of a
Written Constitution 12. Repairing British Politics: The Proposals 13.
Towards the Future Part 2: A Draft Constitution for the United Kingdom 1.
The State and the Constitution 2. Lawmaking 3. The House of Representatives
4. The Senate 5. Executive Government 6. Emergency Powers 7. Political
Parties 8. The Judiciary 9. Fundamental Rights, Freedoms and
Responsibilities 10. The Citizens' Branch 11. Other Aspects of Government
12. Constitutional Conventions 13. Constitutional Changes and Referendums
14. Interpretation and Final Matters Part 3: The Constitution of Britain
(Referendums) Act 1. Referendum on a Written Constitution 2. Second
Referendum on the Content of a Written Constitution 3. Implementation of
the Second Referendum 4. Supplementary 5. Schedules
