Bibliography of Parliamentary and Political Law
131.221: Updated to March 4, 2021
THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PARLIAMENTARY AND POLITICAL LAW
INTERDISCIPLINARY
AND MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL
© Gregory Tardi, B.A. (Hons.), B.C.L., LL.B., DJur.
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SUMMARY OUTLINE
A. SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINCIPAL TEXTS
B. HISTORICAL EVOLUTION
C. LEGALITY AS THE CENTRAL PILLAR OF DEMOCRACY
D. LAW IN A POLITICAL CONTEXT
E. INTERACTION OF LAW AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION / POLICY
F. INTERACTION OF LAW AND POLITICS
G. INTERACTION OF POLICY AND POLITICS
H. ACCOUNTABILITY TO LAW IN DEMOCRACY
FURTHER READING
COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS
SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINCIPAL TEXTS
HISTORICAL EVOLUTION
C. LEGALITY AS THE CENTRAL PILLAR OF DEMOCRACY
C.1. LEGAL DEFINITION OF DEMOCRACY
C.2. LEGAL COMPONENTS OF DEMOCRACY
C.3. RULE OF LAW
C.4. DEMOCRATIZATION
C.5. RELATIONS OF THE THREE BRACHES OF GOVERNMENT
LAW IN A POLITICAL CONTEXT
D.1. DEFINITION OF PUBLIC LAW
D.2. PARTICULAR ROLE OF THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE /
ATTORNEY GENERAL PORTFOLIO
D.3. ROLE OF LAWYERS IN GOVERNMENT
D.4. LEGAL OFFICERS OF THE STATE
D.5. LEGAL EDUCATION OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
INTERACTION OF LAW AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION / POLICY
E.1. LAW AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION / POLICY IN GENERAL
E.2. THE MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT
E.3. CHOICE OF INSTRUMENTS OF GOVERNANCE
E.4. INFLUENCE OF LAW IN THE FORMULATION OF POLICY
E.5. BALANCE OF LAW AND POLICY IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
E.6. PRECEDENCE OF LAW IN GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT
E.7. JUDICIAL ORDERS TO THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
E.8. LEGALITY IN FOREIGN POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
E.9. LEGALITY AND DEMOCRACY IN STATE SECURITY
E.10. RELATIVE WEIGHT OF LAW AND POLICY IN LITIGATION
E.11. ADJUDICATION OF POLITICAL LAW DISPUTES
E.12. INFLUENCE OF LAW IN THE REFORM OF GOVERNMENT
INTERACTION OF LAW AND POLITICS
F.1. LAW AND POLITICS IN GENERAL
F.2. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS
F.3. PARLIAMENT, PARLIAMENTARIANS AND
PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE
F.4. OFFICERS OF PARLIAMENT
F.5. DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT AND PARLIAMENTARY REFORM
F.6. ETHICS IN POLITICS AND PUBLIC LIFE
F.7. PARTIES, ELECTIONS, REFERENDA AND REDISTRIBUTION
F.8. POLITICAL SPEECH
F.9. POLITICAL PROMISES
F.10. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT
F.11. LAW AND POLITICS IN LITIGATION
F.12. LEGALIZATION / JUDICIALIZATION OF POLITICAL LIFE
F.13. POLITICAL TRIALS
F.14. RECORD OF EXPERIENCES IN LAW AND POLITICS
G. INTERACTION OF POLICY AND POLITICS
ACCOUNTABILITY TO LAW IN DEMOCRACY
H.1. ACCOUNTABILITY TO LAW IN DEMOCRACY IN GENERAL
H.2. ACCOUNTABILITY TO LAW OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT
H.3. OBLIGATION OF THE STATE TO USE LEGALITY
H.4. REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO LAW
FURTHER READING
A. SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINCIPAL TEXTS
- Dawson, R. MacGregor. The Structure of Government in Canada, 5th ed.
(Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1989)
- Department of Justice Canada. The Constitution Acts 1867 to 1982
- Hogg, Peter. Constitutional Law of Canada, loose-leaf ed.
(Toronto: Carswell, 1992)
- Mallory, J.R. The Structure of Canadian Government, revised ed.
(Toronto: Macmillan, 1984)
- Morin, J.Y. et José Woehrling.
Les Constitutions du Canada et du Québec du régime français à nos jours
(Montréal : Les Éditions Thémis, 1994)
- Tremblay, André. Droit Constitutionnel: Principes, 2e éd.
(Montréal : Les Éditions Thémis, 2000)
- Van Loon, R.J. and M.S. Whittington.
The Canadian Political System: Environment, Structure and Process
(Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., 1987)
- Ward, Norman. Dawson’s The Government of Canada, 6th ed.
(Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1987)
B. HISTORICAL EVOLUTION
- Ajzentat, Janet.
The Canadian Founding: John Locke and Parliament
(Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2007)
- Bagehot, Walter. The English Constitution
(London: Oxford University Press, The World’s Classics, 1928)
- Berman, Harold J. Law and Revolution: The Formation of Western Legal Tradition
(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1983)
- Canfora, Luciano. La démocratie – Histoire d'une idéologie
Traduit de l'italien par Anna Colao et Paule Itali (Paris : Éditions du Seuil, 2006)
- Davis, L.B.Z.
Canadian Constitutional Law Handbook: Leading Statements, Principles and Precedents
(Aurora: Canada Law Book Inc., 1985)
- Dershowitz, Alan. Rights From Wrongs: A Secular Theory of the Origins of Rights
(New York: Basic Books, 2004)
- De Tocqueville, Alexis. Democracy in America
Translated by George Lawrence and edited by J.P. Mayer
(New York: Harper and Row, 1988)
- Dicey, A.V. Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution
(London: Macmillan and Co., 1939)
- Dunn, John. Democracy: A History
(Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2005)
- Finer, S. E. The History of Government From the Earliest Times
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997)
- Friedman, Lawrence M. American Law in the 20th Century
(New Have: Yale University Press, 2002)
- Guillemard, Sylvette, et Maxime Saint-Hilaire.
1982-2001: Vingt Ans de Grands Arrêts de la Cour Suprême du Canada
(Montréal: Wilson & Lafleur, 2002)
- Hall, Kermit L. The Magic Mirror: Law in American History
(New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989)
- Hogg, Peter. Canada Act 1982 Annotated
(Toronto: Carswell, 1982)
- Howard, Dick. The Primacy of the Political: A History of Political Thought from the Greeks
to the French and American Revolutions
(New York: Columbia University Press,2010)
- Jefferys, Kevin. Politics and the People: A History of British Democracy Since 1918
(London: Atlantic Books, 2007)
- Kelsen, Hans. Pure Theory of Law
(Clark, N.J.: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2005)
- Laskin, The Hon. Bora. The British Tradition in Canadian Law
(London: Stevens & Sons, 1969)
- Leca, Antoine. La genèse du droit : Essai d'introduction historique au droit, 2e éd.
(Aix-en-Provence : Presses universitaires d'Aix-Marseille, 2000)
- Le Point. Hors-série no. 19, septembre-octobre 2008.
“Les texts fondamentaux de la pensée politique”
- Locke, John. Two Treatises of Civil Government
(London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1955)
- Machiavelli, Niccolò. The Prince
(London, Penguin Press, 2003)
- McLean, Iain and Alistair McMillan. “ Professor Dicey’s contradictions” [2007] P.L. 435
- Montesquieu (Charles-Louis de Secondat). De l’esprit des lois
(Paris: Garnier – Flammarion, 1979)
- Pomeau, René. Politique de Voltaire
(Paris : Armand Colin, 1963)
- Reid, John Phillip. Constitutional History of the American Revolution: The Authority of Law
(Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1993)
- “Reporting on a Thousand Years”. The Economist, Millenium Special Edition
(January 1, 1000-December 31, 1999)
- Saul, John Ralston. The Lafontaine-Baldwin Lectures: A Dialogue on Democracy in Canada
(Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 2002)
- Saywell, John T. The Lawmakers: Judicial Power and the Shaping of Canadian Federalism
(Toronto: The Osgoode Society, 2002)
- Snell, James and Frederick Vaughan.
The Supreme Court of Canada: History of the Institution
(Toronto: The Osgoode Society, 1985)
- Stephenson, Carl and Frederick George Marcham.
Sources of English Constitutional History: A selection of Documents
from A.D. 600 to the Present
(New York and London: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1937)
- “The Road to 2050: A Survey of the New Geopolitics”
The Economist (July 31, 1999)
- Van Caenegem, R. C. Historical Introduction to Western Constitutional Law
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995)
- Van Deusen, Glyndon G. Sieyes: His Life and His Nationalism
(New York: AMS Press, 1968)
- Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet). Dictionnaire Philosophique
(Paris : Garnier – Flammarion, 1963)
- Ward, Ian. “Walter Bagehot: Critic, Constitutionalist, Prophet?” [2005] P.L. 67
C. LEGALITY AS THE CENTRAL PILLAR OF DEMOCRACY
C.1. LEGAL DEFINITION OF DEMOCRACY
- Barret-Kriegel, B. L 'État et la démocratie
(Paris: La documentation française, 1985)
- Barret-Kriegel, B. Les Chemins de l'État
(Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1986)
- Bassiouni, Cherif, General Rapporteur. Democracy: Its Principles and Achievements
(Geneva: Inter-Parliamentary Union, 1998)
- Baume, Sandrine. Hans Kelsen and the Case for Democracy. Translated by John Zvesper from
Kelsen: Plaidoyer pour la démocratie
(Colchester, UK: European Consortium for Political Research Press, 2012)
- Bernatchez, Stéphane. « Constitution et Démocratie au Canada Depuis Charlottetown »
Canadian Issues / Thèmes canadiens (novembre 2002) 17
- Cartledge, Paul. Democracy : A Life (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016)
- Crick, Bernard. Democracy: A Very Short Introduction
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002)
- Dunn, John. Democracy : A History
(Toronto : Penguin Canada, 2005)
- Dupuis-Déri, Francis. Démocratie: Histoire politique d'un mot aux États-Unis et en France
(Montréal, Lux éditions, 2013)
- Ely, John Hart. Democracy and Distrust: A Theory of Judicial Review
(Boston: Harvard University Press, 1980)
- Jacobson, Arthur J. and John P. McCormick.
The Business of Democracy is Democracy
2005:3 International Journal of Constitutional Law, pp. 706-722
- Kekic, Laza. The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Index of Democracy
in Economist Intelligence Unit. The World in 2007
- “Political Briefs on Democracy in Transition”
The Economist (17, 24, 31 July and 7, 14, 21 August 1999)
- Robb, Theodore K. & Ezra N. Suleiman, eds.
The Making and Unmaking of Democracy: Lessons from History and World Politics
(New York & London: Routlege, 2003)
- Sueur, Jean-Jacques. Pour un droit politique : Contribution à un débat
(Québec : Presses de l'Université aval, 2011)
- “The Empire of Democracy”
The Economist (The World in 1999)
C.2. LEGAL COMPONENTS OF DEMOCRACY
- Annan, Kofi.
“We Can Love Who We Are, Without Hating What – And Who – We Are Not”
(Nobel Lecture of the Secretary General of the United Nations, Oslo, December 10, 2001)
online: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2001/sgsm8071.doc.htm
- Blunkett, David. “Renewing Democracy and Civil Society”
(A lecture presented to Civitas: The Institute for the Study of Civil Society,
October, 2001)
- “Civil Liberties Under Threat”
The Economist (September 20 & 27, October 4 & 11, 2007)
- Cohen-Tanugi, Laurent.
La Métamorphose de la démocratie française : de l’État jacobin à l’État de droit
(Paris: Gallimard, 1980)
- De Forges, Jean-Michel. Droit Administratif
(Paris : Presses universitaires de France, 1991)
- Democracy and its Achievements
(Inter-Parliamentary Union, 1989)
- Feldman, David, ed. Law in Politics, Politics in Law
(London and Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing, 2013)
- Franck, Thomas M. “The Emerging Right to Democratic Governance”
(1992) A.J.I.L. 86: 46
- Gore, Al. The Assault on Reason
(New York: Penguin Books, 2007)
- Graham, John.
“ Reinvigorating Democracy: Dealing with September 11th Through
Modern Town Hall Meetings” Canadian Issues / Thèmes canadiens (November 2002) 21
- Hudson, William E.
American Democracy in Peril: Eight Challenges to America’s Future. 6th edition.
(Washington: CQ Press, 2010)
- International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
“The Emerging Right to Democratic Government”
in Report of the “Democracy Forum” (Stockholm, June 12-14, 1996) at Chapter 3
- Laughlin, Martin. The Idea of Public Law
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003)
- Laws, Sir John. Law and Democracy [1995] P.L. 72
- Leclair, Jean. “Canada’s Unfathomable Unwritten Constitutional Principles”
(2000) 27:2 Queen’s L.J. 389
- Leuprecht, Peter. “Culture Against Human Rights?”
(Lecture delivered at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, July 9, 1998)
- Lever, Annabelle. Is Judicial Review Undemocratic? [2007] P.L. 280
- Lincoln, Clifford. Resignation Speech from the Québec National Assembly
Assemblée Nationale, Journal des Débats,
(December 20, 1988, Vol. 30, No. 83) at 4415-4419 [English Version]
- Lord Lester of Herne Hill, Q. C. “Developing Constitutional Principles of Public Law”
[2001] P.L. 684
- Loughlin, Martin. Sword and Scales: An Examination of the Relationship Between Law and
Politics (Oxford and Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing, 2000)
- McLachlin, Hon. Chief Justice Beverley.
“Unwritten Constitutional Principles: What is Going On?”
(Remarks given at the 2005 Lord Cooke Lecture, Wellington, New Zealand,
December 1, 2005)
[unpublished]
- Mowbray, Alistair.
“The Role of the European Court of Human Rights in the Promotion of Democracy”
[1999] P.L. 703
- Newman, Warren J.
The Quebec Secession Reference:
The Rule of Law and the Position of the Attorney General of Canada
(Toronto: York University Press, 1999)
- Posner, Richard A. Law, Pragmatism and Democracy
(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003)
- Reid, John.
The Right to Know – A Week’s Celebration Across Canada
Remarks to the Newsmaker Breakfast; National Press Club, Ottawa, September 12, 2006.
- Siedentop, Larry. Democracy in Europe
(London: Allen Lane – The Penguin Press, 2000)
- Smith, David E.
The People’s House of Commons: Theories of Democracy in Contention
(Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2007)
- Tutu, Archbishop Desmond. What About Justice?
(Inaugural Bar Human Rights Lecture, London, November, 1999)
- United Nations Development Program. Deepening Democracy in a Fragmented World
(Human Development Report, 2002) online: http://hdr.undp.org/
- United Nations Development Program.
Programming for Justice: Access for All
A Practitioner’s Guide to a Human Rights-Based Approach to Access to Justice
(Bangkok: United Nations Development Program, 2005)
- Wheatley, Steven. “Minorities under the ECHR and the “Construction of a Democratic Society” ” [2007] P.L. 770