Constitution after Scott Government Unwrapped

Name: Constitution after Scott Government Unwrapped
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ISBN: 9780198262916

ISBN-10: 0198262914

ISBN-13: 9780198262916

Edition: 1998

Authors: Adam Tomkins

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This book provides a thorough and authoritative account of the constitutional implications of the Scott report. It is the only book-length treatment of this pivotal Report. The Scott report was established by John Major in 1992 to look into British government policy during the 1980s with regard to trade (including the arms trade) with Iraq and to establish whether the Government had lied to Parliament about its policy. Scott also investigated a number of high-profile and controversial criminal prosecutions which the government brought against several companies that were accused of illegally exporting "defence equipment" to Iraq. All of these cases failed. This book does more than merely…

Book details

List price: $180.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/23/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 294
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



Introduction: The Constitutional Importance of Scott



Governmet and Parliament



Ministers and Parliament



The Civil Service



Freedom of Information



Government and Secret Intelligence



Governing without Intelligence



Government and Courts



Public Interest Immunity



The American Connection



Iraqgate: The American Equivalent of Scott



Implications of the Iraqgate Story


Conclusion: Reforming the Parliamentary Constitution