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The English Constitution: Refoundation, Restoration, and Reform
By (Author) William Elliot Bulmer
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
10th December 2025
United Kingdom
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Constitution: government and the state
Hardback
352
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
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.
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.