Matt Qvortrup is Professor of Political Science at Coventry University.

• Author Biographies Introduction: The British Constitution – Continuity and Change Matt Qvortrup1 The Changing Constitution in Context David Butler2 Constitutional Reform Since 1997: The Historians’ Perspective Mike Finn and Anthony Seldon3 The Constitution and the Public – How Voters Forgot the Constitution Peter Riddell4 ‘Let Me Take You to a Foreign Land’: The Political and the Legal Constitution Matt Qvortrup5 The Politics-Free Dimension to the UK Constitution Dawn Oliver6 Constitutional Conventions David Feldman7 Continuity and Change in Constitutional Conventions Joseph Jaconelli8 ‘The Three Hundred and Seven Year Itch’: Scotland and the 2014 Independence Referendum Stephen Tierney9 Constitutional Change and Parliamentary Sovereignty – the Impossible Dialectic Richard Gordon QC10 Queen Elizabeth II and the Evolution of the Monarchy Robert Blackburn11 Constitutional Justice and Constitutional Politics in France Denis BarangerEpilogue

...a must read [which] deserves a place on the bookshelf of any novice or experienced constitutional explorer.

Matt Qvortrup is Professor of Political Science at Coventry University.

• Author Biographies Introduction: The British Constitution – Continuity and Change Matt Qvortrup1 The Changing Constitution in Context David Butler2 Constitutional Reform Since 1997: The Historians’ Perspective Mike Finn and Anthony Seldon3 The Constitution and the Public – How Voters Forgot the Constitution Peter Riddell4 ‘Let Me Take You to a Foreign Land’: The Political and the Legal Constitution Matt Qvortrup5 The Politics-Free Dimension to the UK Constitution Dawn Oliver6 Constitutional Conventions David Feldman7 Continuity and Change in Constitutional Conventions Joseph Jaconelli8 ‘The Three Hundred and Seven Year Itch’: Scotland and the 2014 Independence Referendum Stephen Tierney9 Constitutional Change and Parliamentary Sovereignty – the Impossible Dialectic Richard Gordon QC10 Queen Elizabeth II and the Evolution of the Monarchy Robert Blackburn11 Constitutional Justice and Constitutional Politics in France Denis BarangerEpilogue

...a must read [which] deserves a place on the bookshelf of any novice or experienced constitutional explorer.

Matt Qvortrup is Professor of Political Science at Coventry University.

• Author Biographies Introduction: The British Constitution – Continuity and Change Matt Qvortrup1 The Changing Constitution in Context David Butler2 Constitutional Reform Since 1997: The Historians’ Perspective Mike Finn and Anthony Seldon3 The Constitution and the Public – How Voters Forgot the Constitution Peter Riddell4 ‘Let Me Take You to a Foreign Land’: The Political and the Legal Constitution Matt Qvortrup5 The Politics-Free Dimension to the UK Constitution Dawn Oliver6 Constitutional Conventions David Feldman7 Continuity and Change in Constitutional Conventions Joseph Jaconelli8 ‘The Three Hundred and Seven Year Itch’: Scotland and the 2014 Independence Referendum Stephen Tierney9 Constitutional Change and Parliamentary Sovereignty – the Impossible Dialectic Richard Gordon QC10 Queen Elizabeth II and the Evolution of the Monarchy Robert Blackburn11 Constitutional Justice and Constitutional Politics in France Denis BarangerEpilogue

...a must read [which] deserves a place on the bookshelf of any novice or experienced constitutional explorer.