Preface --
1. INTRODUCTION --
PART I
2. THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE POWER --
3. APPOINTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER The Manner of Appointment Qualifications for the Office of Prime Minister --
4. MINISTERIAL AND MINOR OFFICES Ministers: Heads of Departments and Others Minor Offices --
5. THE OFFICE OF DEPUTY-PRIME MINISTER --
6. THE APPOINTMENT AND CHOICE OF MINISTERS The Process of Appointment The Choice of Ministers --
7. THE CABINET AND PRIME MINISTERIAL GOVERNMENT The Size, Structure and Role of the Cabinet Prime Ministerial Government? --
8. MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY General Definition Individual Responsibility and Dismissal from Office Resignation of a Government Ministerial Responsibility as a Weapon against Dissident Supporters Individual Resignation --
9. THE ADMINISTRATION --
10. THE OPPOSITION --
PART II
II. PARLIAMENT IN THE CONSTITUTION --
12. THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS --
12 BRITAIN'S DEVELOPING CONSTITUTION --
13. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS TODAY A Variety of Political Roles The Importance of Parliamentary Time The Member's Career Parliament, Nations and Regions A New Role Partly Fulfilled --
14. THE CONSTITUTION AND THE PEOPLE'S MONEY The Principles of Control Expenditure Taxation --
15. THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS Types of Legislation --
16. THE COMMONS AND THE EXECUTIVE --
17. PARLIAMENT: CONCLUSION The Member and His Constituency The Member and the Nation Reform of Composition, 1958 and 1963 --
18. THE HOUSE OF LORDS The Lord's Powers Judicial Functioning --
PART III
19. ELECTIONS The Function of Elections The Franchise Laws on the Conduct of Elections The Financing of Persuasion Constituencies The Timing of Elections --
PART IV
20. REGIONS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT --
21. LOCAL GOVERNMENT Regions --
22. BRITAIN AND THE EEC Britain's Membership of the EEC The Process of Joining the EEC --
23. CONCLUSION --
Bibliography For --
Index.