The Approach to Self-Government (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521241915)

During his lifetime, Sir Ivor Jennings (1903-1965) was well known as the author of several standard books on constitutional law. He acted as constitutional adviser to the governments of Ceylon and Pakistan and was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ceylon. This 1956 book followed in the tradition of his earlier The British Constitution and is a clear statement by an expert with a characteristically practical point of view. It is principally concerned with a practical problem: what constitution shall be given to a new country about to govern itself for the first time? Published at a time when colonial empires were moving more or less peaceably towards self-government, it was based on a series of broadcast talks originally commissioned by the BBC in the belief that the experiences gained in Asia were in principle applicable to other countries approaching self-government.

Author: Ivor Jennings
ISBN-10: 052124191X
ISBN-13: 9780521241915
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/09/2011
Pages: 214
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.49d