Mémoires de Fin d’Etudes
Etablissement
Université Mohamed Ben Ahmed d’Oran 2
Affiliation
Département Anglo-Saxonnes
Auteur
SERIR HADJ, Mohamed
Directeur de thèse
BOUHADIBA Z.
Filière
Langue et Litterature Anglaises
Diplôme
Magister
Titre
The Decline of the powers of The House of Lords : 1800s – 1960s
Mots clés
House of lords; House of commons; Constitional monarchy; Great Britain; Parliament; Reform Act; Institution politics; Democracy; Peers;Aristocracy; Education; Labour party.
Résumé
The House of Lords which was the most prestigious political institution in the United Kingdom witnessed great changes during the era between the first Reform Act (1832) and the Life Peerages (1958). These changes affected the composition, functions, and its position as one of the institutions of the realm. The history of the House revealed that the peers suffered serious grievances in different eras of the United Kingdom due to their abuse of power and to the conducts of many peers. The first Reform Act 1832 paved the way to the rise of the House of Commons and the making of the first elected Government with the newly enfranchised electors. The second major event was the Act of Parliament 1911 which deprived the House of Lords of its authority over money bill. The Act of Parliament of 1947 reduced the power of delay from two years to one year. Later, in 1958, the Conservative Government passed the Peerage Act which allowed people from different walks of life to sit in the House of Lords as life peers. So, the gradual decline of the powers of the House of Lords deserves careful analysis.
Date de soutenance
2011
Cote
TH3385
Pagination
126F.
Format
31 cm
Notes
ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH AND ARABIC.APPENDICES 108-119F.BIBLIOG.120-126F.
Statut
Soutenue