Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is the parliamentary scrutiny of legislation for? / Sir Stephen Laws -- Pre-legislative scrutiny / Jessica Mulley and Helen Kinghorn -- Parliament's constitutional standards / Jack Simson Caird and Dawn Oliver -- European scrutiny / Paul Hardy -- Legislative scrutiny in the House of Lords / Philip Norton (Lord Norton of Louth) -- Parliamentary reform and the accountability of government to the house of commons / Richard Kelly and Lucinda Maer -- The regulation of lobbyists / Oonagh Gay -- Robot government : automated decision-making and its implications for parliament / Andrew Le Sueur -- Parliament and national security / Alexander Horne and Clive Walker -- Parliament and international treaties / Arabella Lang -- Sovereignty, privilege and the european convention on human rights / Alexander Horne and Hélène Tyrrell -- Euroscepticism and parliamentary sovereignty : the lingering shadows of Factortame and Thoburn / Gavin Drewry.