The New Democracy and the Constitution (English Edition)

In 1911 the Parliament Act became law, this was legislation that fundamentally altered the UK constitution. in giving the House of Commons primacy over the House of Lords in finance bills. This followed a constitutional crisis in 1909 in which the Liberal's budget was rejected by the House of Lords.

Written in the aftermath of this historic Act McKechnie analyses what this and other developments mean for the UK constitution.

William McKechnie (1863-1930) was a law professor and leading constitutional scholar.