Vernon Bogdanor is a Fellow at Brasenose College and Professor of Politcs at Oxford.Dr David Butler is a fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford.Robert Summers is a Professor of Law at Cornell University.

This [book] shows the ability of the best political scientists both to detatch themselves from everyday partisan exchanges and to illuminate the broader political debate.

• Introduction: ; Constitutional Monarchy: The Prerogative Powers ; New Labour and the New Premiership ; Devolution and the Constitution ; Ministerial Accountability: What and Where are the Parameters? ; Individual Ministerial Responsibility and a Dash of Principle ; Convention, Prescription, and Law in the British Constitution ; Parliamentary Procedure: The Hidden Power ; Elections: Legislation and Litigation ; Geoffrey Marshal and Public Law - The Early Years ; Bridging the Chasm: Public Law and Political Science ; Intrpreting Statutes in Great Britian and the United States: Should Courts Consider Materials of Legislative History? ; The Ombudsman ; Police Accountability: Four Cases and a Statute ; A Bibliography of Geoffrey Marshall's Writings