Government in Great Britain, the Empire, and the Commonwealth

List of illustrations; Preface; Part I. Great Britain: 1. The nature of the British constitution; 2. The sovereign; 3. Parliament - its origins and development; 4. The parties, the electors and the elected; 5. The House of Commons, its customs and its privileges; 6. The House of Commons - timetable, the passing of a law and the elements of procedure; 7. The House of Lords; 8. The Prime Minister and the cabinet; 9. The departments of state and the civil service; 10. Finance and government; 11. The courts of law, the judges and the magistrates; 12. The police and the armed forces; 13. Local government I: its development and present-day organisation; 14. Local government I: its scope, finance, and relations with the central government; 15. The government and the citizen; Part II. The Empire and the Commonwealth: Introduction; 16. The constitutional doctrine of the first British Empire; 17. The old representative system of government; 18. The American Revolution; 19. Constitutional developments, 1763–1815; 20. Crown colony government; 21. Federation; 22. The self-governing colonies; 23. The Dominions in the twentieth century; Postscript; Appendix. The advance representative and responsible government; Glossary; Book list; Index of acts of Parliament; General index.