Chris Monaghan is Principal Lecturer in Law at the University of Worcester, UK.

• 1. Giving a Voice to Constitutional Actors and the UK's Constitution, Chris Monaghan (University of Worcester, UK)Part I: Promoting Public Confidence in Politics2. Government by Consent - The Requirement of Trust, Daniel Greenberg CB (Parliament, UK)3. The Committee on Standards in Public Life and the Integrity System, Gillian Peele (University of Oxford, UK)4. Controlling Political Wrongdoing: The Role of the Criminal Law, Jeremy Horder (London School of Economics, UK)Part II: Working in Parliament and the SENEDD CYMRU (Welsh Parliament)5. Reflections on the Constitution: A Clerkly View of Privilege, Sir Malcolm Jack, (formerly Parliament, UK)6. House of Lords Reform, Rt Hon. Baroness D’Souza CMG (Parliament, UK)7. The Welsh Devolution Journey 2011-2017, Rt Hon. Lord Jones of Penybont (Parliament, UK and former First Minister of Wales, UK)8. The Justice Committee in the 2019 Parliament: Bridging the Gap, Jack Simson Caird (Parliament, UK)Part III: The Exectutive9. The Role of the Law Officers, Sir Ross Cranston (London School of Economics, UK)10. Future Challenges for the Monarchy, Robert Hazell (University College London, UK)Part IV: Judges, Law Reformers and Lawyers11. The Effect of Pre-Hearing Publicity on Criminal Trials, Sir John Saunders (retired High Court Judge of the King's Bench Division, UK)12. The Constitutional Role of the Law Commission, Alison L Young (Law Commission, UK)13. Reimagining the Rule of Law: Substantive Equality, Feminism and Critical Race Theory, Karon Monaghan KC (Matrix Chambers, UK)14. Trust in the UK Supreme Court after Brexit, Aidan O’Neill KC (Matrix Chambers, UK)Part V: Designing Constitutions15. The Pitfalls of Constitution Writing, Rt Hon Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston (Civil Service Commissioner, UK and Parliament, UK) and Matthew Lloyd (Queen Mary University of London)16. The Poison Pill in Commonwealth Caribbean Constitutions, Richard Albert (University of Texas at Austin, USA)Part VI: Comparative Perspectives17. Governance New Zealand Style, Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Palmer KC, KCMG, AC, PC (former Prime Minister, New Zealand)18. Civil Servants as Actors in a Danish Constitutional Context, Henrik Skovgaard-Petersen (Prime Minister’s Office, Denmark)

In Constitutional Actors in the UK Constitution Chris Monaghan has provided us with a masterclass in constitutional realism. By bringing together the voices and views of politicians, civil servants, lawyers, and law reformers, we learn that a constitution not a static object, but a living thing: made, and continuously re-made by the surrounding culture and norms, practices, understandings and connections of those who work for, and in, the constitutional system. Through this book, a fuller and richer picture of the constitution is painted than a study of its texts alone can ever hope to achieve.