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066539
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Cambridge, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005.
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384p.
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0674018664
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Copies: C:1/I:0,R:0,Q:0
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 050336 | 320.97309034/ACK 050336 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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162588
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In my initial essay, I played the role of Cassandra, prophesying a political disaster unless a constituent assembly were convened to hammer out a written constitution for approval by the British people. To make out my case, I asked readers to put aside ‘problems of implementation’ that diverted attention from the pathologies that require immediate and decisive action. On the surface, it may appear that my commentators disagree. For all of them, real‐world implementation issues play a key role in deciding whether they should back my proposal.
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162583
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The lecture explores basic constitutional choices confronting post‐Brexit Britain, emphasising dilemmas generated by Irish, Scottish, and Welsh demands for home rule. It argues that only a specially elected Constitutional Convention, independent of Parliament, has the capacity and legitimacy to hammer out a written constitution that tries to resolve these dilemmas in a serious way. Once the Convention acts, its proposal should be submitted for approval at a referendum, but only after special steps are taken to encourage an informed decision by the electorate. Given the misinformation campaigns provoked by the last referendum, it is time for Britain to try something new: create a new national holiday, Deliberation Day, at which voters would be invited to gather at neighbourhood community centres to discuss the Convention's initiative. A host of social science experiments establish that a day's deliberation greatly improves public understanding, enhancing the democratic authority of a Yes vote at the referendum.
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