Book contents
- The Cambridge Constitutional History of the United Kingdom
- The Cambridge Constitutional History of the United Kingdom
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Editors’ Preface
- Part I Perspectives
- 1 The Historical Constitution
- 2 Law and the Constitution
- 3 Political Constitutionalism
- 4 The Economic Constitution
- 5 Religion and the Constitution to 1688
- 6 Religion and the Constitution since the Glorious Revolution
- 7 The Social Democratic Constitution
- 8 The Constitution of Rights
- 9 The People and the Constitution
- 10 Constitutional Theory and Thought
- Part II Actors and Institution
- Part III Politics
- Index
2 - Law and the Constitution
from Part I - Perspectives
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 August 2023
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Constitutional History of the United Kingdom
- The Cambridge Constitutional History of the United Kingdom
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Editors’ Preface
- Part I Perspectives
- 1 The Historical Constitution
- 2 Law and the Constitution
- 3 Political Constitutionalism
- 4 The Economic Constitution
- 5 Religion and the Constitution to 1688
- 6 Religion and the Constitution since the Glorious Revolution
- 7 The Social Democratic Constitution
- 8 The Constitution of Rights
- 9 The People and the Constitution
- 10 Constitutional Theory and Thought
- Part II Actors and Institution
- Part III Politics
- Index
Summary
‘Law’ and ‘constitution’, like other concepts we use to make sense of the world, have a history.1 In the case of law, part of that history is the ongoing interplay between two different ideas. One is that law concerns what people should, should not and may do. In other words, law is ‘normative’. Another is that law is a product of human activity. Human beings and institutions can and do make and enforce legal norms.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023