"Nineteenth-century politics and political theory, with implications for our biggest debates today: what are the limits to parliamentary sovereignty? When should the people be able to vote directly on issues? The thoughts of England's greatest constitutionalist, AV Dicey, on this crucial subject are presented for a modern audience"--

1. The balance of classes (1867); 2. Democracy in Switzerland (1890); 3. Ought the referendum to be introduced into England? (1890); 4. The defence of the union (1892); 5. The referendum (1894); 6. Will the form of parliamentary government be permanent? (1899); 7. The referendum and its critics (1910); 8. The Parliament Act, 1911, and the destruction of all constitutional safeguards (1912); 9. Development during the last thirty years of new constitutional ideas (extract from the introduction to the eighth edition of introduction to the study of the law of the constitution, 1915).