Constitutional & administrative law

Constitutional & administrative law

Constitutional & administrative law

Law of the United Kingdom and Ireland > England and Wales > KD3989

Edition Details

  • Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Hilaire Barnett
  • Language: English
  • Jurisdiction(s): United States
  • Publication Information: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; S.l. Routledge 2011
  • Material: Internet resource
  • Type: Computer File, Internet Resource
  • Other titles: Constitutional and administrative law
  • Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/constitutional-administrative-law-68424/ (Stable identifier)

Short Description

Online-Ressource (Lxxiv, 879 p)

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Constitutional & administrative law is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

  • Responsable Person: Hilaire Barnett with Robert Jago
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Country/State: United States
  • Number of Editions: 2 editions
  • First edition Date: 2002
  • Last edition Date: 2011
  • Languages: British English
  • Library of Congress Code: KD3989
  • Dewey Code: 342.41
  • ISBN: 0415563011 9780415563017 9780415578813 0415578817
  • OCLC: 839053026

Main Contents

Introduction: the scope of constitutional law
Sources of the constitution
The rule of law
The separation of powers
The royal prerogative
Parliamentary sovereignty
Structures and institutions
European Union law and national law
Central government
Responsible government
Devolution and local government
The electoral system
Introduction to the House of Commons
The legislative process
Scrutiny of the executive
The House of Lords
Parliamentary privilege
The protection of human rights
Freedom of expression and privacy
Freedom of association and assembly
The police and police powers
Citizenship, immigration and asylum
State security
Judicial review : introduction, jurisdiction and procedure
The grounds for judicial review I: the substantive grounds for judicial review
The grounds for judicial review II: procedural grounds: procedural impropriety
Commissioners for administration: ombudsmen
Commissioners for administration: tribunals.

Summary Note

Helps to provide students with an understanding of the constitution’s past, present and future by analysing and illustrating the political and socio-historical contexts which have shaped the constitution, the major rules and principles of public law and constitutional reform. ”’

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