Power behind the scenes: The importance of informal space in legislatures (2018)
Journal Article
Norton, P. (in press). Power behind the scenes: The importance of informal space in legislatures. Parliamentary affairs, doi:10.1093/pa/gsy018. ISSN 0031-2290Studies of legislatures focus on what happens in formal space, principally the chamber and committee rooms. Such studies are necessary, but not sufficient, for explaining behaviour within legislatures and its consequences. The use of space for memb... Read More
Legislatures and the courts: the importance of place (2017)
Journal Article
Norton, P. (2017). Legislatures and the courts: the importance of place. Journal of international and comparative law, 4(2), 171-188Institutions of the state are studied primarily in terms of behaviour, powers and outputs. Little attention has been paid to their location and how this affects relationships between them. This article examines the effects of location through a study... Read More
Speaking for Parliament (2016)
Journal Article
Norton, P. (2017). Speaking for Parliament. Parliamentary affairs, 70(2), (191-206). doi:10.1093/pa/gsw031. ISSN 0031-2290The UK Parliament in recent decades has seen significant structural and behavioural changes that have rendered it more effective in carrying out its core functions than at any time in modern political history. These changes have not impacted greatly... Read More
A temporary occupant of no. 10? : prime ministerial succession in the event of the death of the incumbent (2016)
Journal Article
Norton, P. (2016). A temporary occupant of no. 10? : prime ministerial succession in the event of the death of the incumbent. Public Law, 18-34The Prime Minister in the United Kingdom is head of government. He is the sovereign’s principal minister, chair of the Cabinet, and the nation’s representative at various international gatherings, including the European Council, who holds the office... Read More
The fixed term Parliaments Act and votes of confidence (2015)
Journal Article
Norton, P. (2016). The fixed term Parliaments Act and votes of confidence. Parliamentary affairs, 69(1), 3-18. doi:10.1093/pa/gsv003The Government in the UK rests for its continuation in office on the confidence of the House of Commons. Until 2011, it was a convention of the constitution that a Government defeated on a motion of confidence resigned or requested the dissolution of... Read More
Politics UK (2013)
Book
(2013). Politics UK
Maintaining the balance? The relationship of parliaments to other branches of government (2013)
Book
Lord Norton of Louth, P. (2013). Maintaining the balance? The relationship of parliaments to other branches of government. The powers that be : op zoek naar nieuwe checks and balances in de verhouding tussen wetgever, bestuur, rechter en media in de veellagige rechtsorde, 33 - 42. Wolf Legal Publishers (WLP)
Resisting the Inevitable? The Parliament Act 1911 (2012)
Journal Article
Norton, P. (2012). Resisting the Inevitable? The Parliament Act 1911. Parliamentary History, 31(3), (444-459). doi:10.1111/j.1750-0206.2012.00350.x. ISSN 0264-2824The Parliament Act 1911, limiting the veto power of the house of lords, constitutes a major piece of constitutional legislation in the United Kingdom. The vulnerability of the house of lords to major change was long-standing and to be found in the ac... Read More
REPLY: Lord Norton of Louth responds to Aughey: 'Whatever happened to the English Question?' (2012)
Journal Article
Norton, L., Aughey, A., & Lord Norton of Louth, P. (2012). REPLY: Lord Norton of Louth responds to Aughey: 'Whatever happened to the English Question?'. Policy and Politics, 40(2), (301-302). doi:10.1332/030557312x640013. ISSN 0305-5736
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