Increasingly, in contemporary British politics, the spotlight is being thrown on issues of constitutional change and reform. The varied contributions in this book, from leading scholars in the fields of politics and constitutional law, tackle the key questions troubling politicians and observers of politics in this time of acute constitutional change.

Introduction: ; Constitutional Monarchy: The Prerogative Powers ; New Labour and the New Premiership ; Devolution and the Constitution ; Ministerial Accountability: What and Where are the Parameters? ; Individual Ministerial Responsibility and a Dash of Principle ; Convention, Prescription, and Law in the British Constitution ; Parliamentary Procedure: The Hidden Power ; Elections: Legislation and Litigation ; Geoffrey Marshal and Public Law - The Early Years ; Bridging the Chasm: Public Law and Political Science ; Intrpreting Statutes in Great Britian and the United States: Should Courts Consider Materials of Legislative History? ; The Ombudsman ; Police Accountability: Four Cases and a Statute ; A Bibliography of Geoffrey Marshall's Writings

`Like the work of Marshall itself, the essays in this volume range comfortably over law, politics and the constitution and will ensure that the lawyer and political scientist are never far apart.' Government and Opposition, Oct.00. `These essays succeed in honouring Geoffrey Marshall not least by their undogmatic but engaged and critical approach and the contemporary relevance of their examples.' Rodney Barker, Political Studies, Vol.48, No.4, Sept.00. `this collection is rich with insight and deserves to be read by serious students of British politics.' T.P. Wolf, British Politics Group Newsletter, Spring 00.

Vernon Bogdanor is a Fellow at Brasenose College and Professor of Politcs at Oxford. Dr David Butler is a fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. Robert Summers is a Professor of Law at Cornell University.