What's Wrong with the British Constitution?

In this provocative new study, Iain McLean argues that the traditional story of the British constitution does not make sense. It purports to describe both how people actually behave and how they ought to behave. It fails to do either; it is not a correct description and it has no persuasive force. The book goes on to offer a reasoned alternative.

Iain McLean is Professor of Politics at Oxford University, and a fellow of Nuffield College. He has previously worked at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Warwick, and held visiting appointments at Washington & Lee, Stanford, Yale and Australian National universities. He has written copiously about UK public policy, political history, and historical applications of rational choice theory. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and his previous OUP book, Magistrates' Court Index, was awarded the W. J. M. McKenzie Book Prize.