Public law

Public law

Public law

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Edition Details

  • Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Mark Elliott
  • Language: English
  • Jurisdiction(s): England
  • Publication Information: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011
  • Type: Book
  • Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/public-law-56186/ (Stable identifier)

Short Description

XXXVI, 862 pages : ILlustrations ; 22 cm

Purpose and Intended Audience

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

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Bibliographic information

  • Responsable Person: Mark Elliott, Robert Thomas.
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Copyright Date: 2011
  • Location: Oxford
  • Country/State: England
  • Number of Editions: 17 editions
  • First edition Date: 2011
  • Last edition Date: 2014
  • Languages: British English, German
  • Library of Congress Code: KD3930
  • Dewey Code: 342
  • ISBN: 9780199237104 0199237107
  • OCLC: 713128431

Main Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC LAW ; 1. Constitutions & constitutional law ; 2. Themes, sources, and principles ; PART II:THE CONSTITUTION: INSTITUTIONS AND PRINCIPLES ; 3. Separation of powers: an introduction ; 4. The executive ; 5. Parliament ; 6. The judiciary ; 7. Devolution & local government ; 8. The European Union ; PART III: GOOD GOVERNANCE – SCRUTINY, ACCOUNTABILITY, & TRANSPARENCY ; 9. Good governance: an introduction ; 10. Parliamentary scrutiny of central government ; 11. The control of public expenditure ; PART IV: JUDICIAL REVIEW ; 12. Judicial review – an introduction ; 13. The grounds of judicial review ; 14. Judicial review: scope, procedures and remedies ; 15. The effectiveness and impact of judicial review ; PART V: ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE ; 16. Ombudsmen and complaints ; 17. Tribunals ; 18. Inquiries ; PART VI: HUMAN RIGHTS ; 19. Human rights and the UK constitution ; 20. Freedom of expression ; 21. Freedom of assembly

Summary Note

Public Law is a high quality textbook that offers a mixture of black letter law and political analysis to give students an excellent grounding in the subject. It covers all of the key topics on undergraduate courses and includes a number of pedagogical features to aid understanding. ”’

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