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The British Constitution underwent reform between the 1940s and the 1950s, but not by the direction of the British people as historian Leo Amery imagined. The changes came instead from the jurisdiction granted to the European Commission and the Court of Human Rights, with Britain's Parliament under international pressure to accept decisions produced by these entities.

Alexis de Tocqueville, known throughout Europe as the author of Democracy in America and for a brief period foreign minister of France, was childless - a matter of deep concern [...]

Earlier this year, events provided a fitting commentary on the mixture of tragedy and farce that has been the history of the ill-starred attempt to create a European super-state. When [...]

No one can seriously doubt the existence of a crisis in the affairs of the European Union. As the implications of the treaties on which it is based, including the [...]

No one can seriously doubt the existence of a crisis in the affairs of the European Union. As the implications of the treaties on which it is based, including the [...]

This description of the University College at Buckingham begins by detailing the controversy aroused by its inception as an institution outside the state system of higher education in Britain. It goes on to explain the college's developmental problems and current status in accreditation, staffing, curriculum, and student recruitment. (SJL)