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The Silence of Constitutions (Routledge Revivals) - Gaps, 'Abeyances' and Political Temperament in the Maintenance of Government (Paperback)
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The Silence of Constitutions (Routledge Revivals) - Gaps, 'Abeyances' and Political Temperament in the Maintenance of Government (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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First published in 1989, Michael's Foley's book deals with the
'abeyances' present in both written and unwritten constitutions,
arguing that these gaps in the explicitness of a constitution, and
the various ways they are preserved, provide the means by which
constitutional conflict is continually postponed. Abeyances are
valuable, therefore, not in spite of their obscurity, but because
of it. The author illustrates his point with analyses of
constitutional crises from both sides of the Atlantic. He examines
the period leading up to the English civil war in the seventeenth
century, and the 'imperial presidency' episode under Richard Nixon
in the late 1960s and 1970s in the USA. In both cases there was no
constitutionally correct solution available but, as the author
demonstrates, the political skill of the participants in their use
of constitutional devices allowed the anomalies of the American
system to survive in a way that contrasted markedly with the plight
of Charles I and the Stuart constitution. This reissue of a
landmark study will be welcomed by all those interested in the
interpretation and construction of constitutional law.
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