- Title Pages
- Dedication
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Constitution: Its Theory and Interpretation
- 3. The Monarchy
- 4. The Cabinet System
- 5. The House of Commons<sup>1</sup>
- 6. The House of Lords
- 7. The Civil Service
- 8. Ministerial Responsibility<sup>1</sup>
- 9. Government and the Judiciary
- 10. Administrative Law
- 11. Civil Liberties<sup>1</sup>
- 12. The Electoral System
- 13. The Demise of Local Government
- 14. The Police
- 15. The United Kingdom as a Territorial State
- 16. Britain, Commonwealth and the End of Empire
- 17. Britain and Europe
- 18. Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Twentieth-century Governments
- Appendix 2: Leaders of the Major Parties in the Twentieth Century
- Appendix 3: General Election Results in the Twentieth Century
- Appendix 4: Chronology
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes
- Table of Reports
- Index
Civil Liberties1
Civil Liberties1
- Chapter:
- (p.401) 11. Civil Liberties1
- Source:
- The British Constitution in the Twentieth Century
- Author(s):
David Feldman
- Publisher:
- British Academy
This chapter examines the changes in civil liberties in Great Britain during the twentieth century. It suggests that, for those 100 years, the law and practice of civil liberties have pulled in many directions at the same time. The doctrine of parliamentary supremacy gave Parliament the opportunity either to extend effective protection for rights or to interfere with them more extensively, and some rights, such as those derived from the idea of equality, have been advanced by Parliament.
Keywords: civil liberties, Great Britain, parliamentary supremacy, equality, Parliament
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Constitution: Its Theory and Interpretation
- 3. The Monarchy
- 4. The Cabinet System
- 5. The House of Commons<sup>1</sup>
- 6. The House of Lords
- 7. The Civil Service
- 8. Ministerial Responsibility<sup>1</sup>
- 9. Government and the Judiciary
- 10. Administrative Law
- 11. Civil Liberties<sup>1</sup>
- 12. The Electoral System
- 13. The Demise of Local Government
- 14. The Police
- 15. The United Kingdom as a Territorial State
- 16. Britain, Commonwealth and the End of Empire
- 17. Britain and Europe
- 18. Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Twentieth-century Governments
- Appendix 2: Leaders of the Major Parties in the Twentieth Century
- Appendix 3: General Election Results in the Twentieth Century
- Appendix 4: Chronology
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes
- Table of Reports
- Index
