BIBLIOGRAPHY

THIS is a selected list of books which the student will find useful. They will put him on the track of other authorities and sources of information.

ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT AND WORKING OF THE CONSTITUTION.

W. STUBBS.-Constitutional History of England.

The fullest and most authoritative history of the English constitution from the earliest times to the beginning of the Tudor dynasty.

H. HALLAM.-Constitutional History of England.

Covers the period from the accession of Henry VII to the death of George II (1760), and is still of great value for that period.

SIR T. ERSKINE MAY.-Constitutional History of England.

Covers the period from 1760 to 1860, and contains a supplementary chapter dealing with the subsequent ten years.

F. W. MAITLAND.-Constitutional History of England.

Describes the state of public law at five selected periods: 1307, 1509, 1625, 1702, 1888. The most brilliant and suggestive account that has yet been written of the development of English constitutional history. I have borrowed very freely from it, knowing that I could draw from no better source.

W. STUBBS.-Select Charters and other illustrations of English Constitutional History, from the earliest times to the reign of Edward the First.

G. W. PROTHERO.-Select Statutes and other Constitutional Documents illustrative of the reigns of Elizabeth and James I.

S. R. GARDINER.-The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660.

C. G. ROBERTSON.-Select Statutes, Cases and Documents to illustrate English Constitutional History, 1660–1832; with a supplement from 1832 to 1894.

This series, published by the Clarendon Press, has valuable introductions and notes, and illustrates the original sources from which the general constitutional histories are derived.

L. O. PIKE.-Constitutional History of the House of Lords from original sources.

Perhaps the best book on this particular subject.

W. BAGEHOT.-The English Constitution.

This little book, which has become a classic, first appeared in the form of articles in the Fortnightly Review, was then published in 1867, and describes the English Constitution as it stood in the years 1865 and 1866. To the second edition, published in 1872, was prefixed an introduction describing the changes which had taken place since the passing of the Representation of the People Act of 1867. The book contains the best description extant of Parliament in the Palmerstonian period. It criticizes the theory of the constitution as expounded by Blackstone and De Lolme, and shows that this did not correspond with actual facts. It explains the actual working of what has since been known as the cabinet system of government, a term to which Bagehot first gave currency.

A. V. DICEY.-The Law of the Constitution. 7th ed. 1908. A well-known work, which has materially influenced political thought, particularly by the distinction drawn between the law and the conventions of the constitution.

SIR W. ANSON.-The Law and Custom of the Constitution. Vol. i. Parliament, 4th ed. 1909. Vol. ii. (a double volume), The Crown, 3rd ed., 1907, 1908.

The standard book on the subject, gives a clear, orderly and full description of the different branches of the government and the way in which they work, with brief sketches of their historical development.

E. BOUTMY.-The English Constitution. Translated by Isabel M. Eaden. 1891.

A short account, by a distinguished Frenchman, of the social and economic conditions which brought about changes in the constitution and functions of Parliament. Contains suggestive comparisons and contrasts with France.

G. LOWES DICKINSON.-The Development of Parliament during the nineteenth century. 1895.

A suggestive little book, describing the process of the democratization of Parliament.

LORD COURTNEY OF PENWITH.-The Working Constitution of the United Kingdom.

The work of a man with ripe and varied experience in Parliament and public affairs.

SIDNEY LOW.-The Governance of England. 1904.

Describes the system of government as it worked at the beginning of the present century, when Mr. Balfour was Prime Minister.

A. LAWRENCE LOWELL.-The Government of England.

1908.

An admirable book. The author, who is an American, combines the outside point of view with an intimate knowledge of English persons and English ways.

BOOKS MORE SPECIALLY RELATING TO

PARLIAMENT.

SIR T. ERSKINE MAY.-Parliamentary practice. 11th ed. 1906.

The most authoritative book on the subject. It is intended for practical use, and is sometimes difficult reading for a student who is not familiar with parliamentary ways and expressions.

Manual of procedure in the public business of the house of commons, prepared by the clerk of the house. 2nd ed., 1908, with addenda and corrigenda July 1910.

This states briefly the leading rules of parliamentary practice, giving references to "May."

ALPHEUS TODD.-Parliamentary Government in England. 2nd edition, by his son.

1887-9.

A useful book, but out of print and difficult to obtain. A new edition, abridged and revised by the late Sir Spencer Walpole, was published in 1892, and will be found of great value.

SIR COURTENAY ILBERT.-Legislative Methods and Forms.

1901.

I mention this book of mine because I have incorporated some passages from it in the present book.

E. PORRITT.-The Unreformed House of Commons. Vol. i.; England and Wales. Vol. ii., Scotland and Ireland. 1903. The best description of parliamentary representation before 1832. I have drawn very freely from it in these pages.

JOSEF REDLICH.-The Procedure of the House of Commons, translated from the German by A. E. Steinthal, with an introduction and a supplementary chapter by Sir Courtenay Ilbert. Three vols. 1908.

Professor Redlich's book is the only historical account of English parliamentary procedure, and is indispensable to the student of that subject. A bibliography is to be found in vol. ii., pp. 10-20.

Of the Palace of Westminster, where Parliament sits, there is no good history. Brayley and Britton, History of the Ancient Palace and late Houses of Parliament at Westminster, supplies useful information about the buildings as they stood before the fire of 1834. Some interesting plates of old buildings are reproduced in Parliament, Past and Present, a popular account by A. Wright and P. Smith.

COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PARLIAMENTS.

A. TODD.-Parliamentary Government in the British Colonies.

1880.

Very useful for the period which it covers.

A. B. KEITH.-Responsible Government in the Dominions. 1909.

A very good study of present conditions.

A. LAWRENCE LOWELL.-Government and Parties in Continental Europe, 1896. This is, for English readers, probably the best introduction to the study of the working of parliamentary government on the continent of Europe.

C. SEIGNOBOs.-A Political History of Contemporary Europe since 1814, translated from the French. 1904. Shows how European constitutions have grown up and been developed.

JAMES BRYCE.-The American Commonwealth. New edition, 1911. This is, of course, the classical work on the United States. Interesting studies of the constitutions of the United States, of South Africa, and of Australia, are to be found in vol. i. of Mr. Bryce's Studies in History and Jurisprudence. 1901.