Description: This book, published at the time of the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, considers a series of historical documents from Anglo-Saxon times onwards which sought to set out arrangements for the governance of England and later the UK as a whole.
Brief description: Andrew Blick is Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History at King's College London.
Review Quotes:
"...a valuable and meticulously researched study which should be read both by those who favour a written constitution - and those who do not...the book is a valuable contribution to the corpus of literature and analysis on UK constitutional history." --The Clapham Omnibus, Summer 2015
"Andrew Blick's highly intelligent Beyond Magna Carta combines a re-assessment of this ancient text with an argument for new constitutional writing in the UK in the future..." --Times Literary Supplement "I recommend this book to all with an interest in British and Canadian history, political science or constitutional law." --Canadian Law Library Review