1 On the Political Constitution 2 Republican Constitutionalism 3 The Making of the Republican Constitution 4 Republican Constitutional Reform
Adam Tomkins is the John Millar Professor of Public Law at the University of Glasgow.
Adam Tomkins' latest book is timely…It is powerful, inspired and
uncompromising; its proposals for change are daring and invite
comment…
*European Constitutional Law Review*
The book offers a stimulating read, written with great clarity and
in an unfailingly high tempo. Its author manages to engage
seriously with the major currents of public law at the same time as
saying something both original and distinctive.
*Edinburgh Law Review, Vol 11*
…packages some remarkably sweeping ambitions into a short,
accessible and eminently readable format…an instant 'must read' for
anyone interested in the United Kingdom's constitutional
future…
*Andrew Geddis*
'Tomkins deserves credit for swimming against the tide of
judicialisation…his stimulation of controversy is to be welcomed.
This immensely readable and thought-provoking polemic..deserves to
be widely read, not least for its ground-breaking work in
delineating the compelling arguments of principle that underpin our
political constitution.
*The Modern Law Review*
...[a] well-written and provocative book..The author must be
commended for his effort to bring theory and history to bear on
issues of current legal concern…Public law can make little progress
without close attention to theoretical questions of the sort
considered here..
*Public Law*
...a beautifully crafted and well-written piece of work, and is
likely to form the foundation of debates concerning the nature and
future of the British constitution.
*Political Studies Review, Vol. 4, No. 1*
...a splendid contribution to the range of materials available to
teachers who like to encourage their students to take a
robustly-contested approach to the study of constitutional law,
theory and history
*Law Quarterly Review*
...concise and accessible to students...capable of encouraging its
readers to develop a critique regarding the big questions
surrounding the exercise of governmental power.
*The International Journal of Legal Education, Vol. 39, No. 3*
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