This new and dynamic text, cases, & materials book provides a thought-provoking and vivid account of Public Law. It sets out the key institutions, basic legal principles, and conventions and uses case studies and extracts from a range of sources to provide a clear understanding of the law and the major theoretical and political debates. INDICE: Part 1: Constitutional fundamentals; 1: Getting started in public law; 2: Legitimacy in the constitution: parliamentary sovereignty and the rule of law; 3: Distributing, separating and balancing power; 4: Protecting human rights and civil liberties; 5: Case study: reforming the Lord Chancellor; Part II: Executive functions; Introduction to Part II; 6: Government and accountability in the UK; 7: Exercise and control of executive power in the EuropeanUnion; 8: Prerogative powers and case study on the war prerogative; Part III:Legislative functions; Introduction to Part III; 9: Primary legislation; 10: Delegated legislation; 11: European Union treaties and the legislative process; 12: Case studies: what happens when the Commons and the Lords disagree; PartIV: Judicial and dispute resolution functions; Introduction to judicial and dispute resolution functions; 13: Judges and courts; 14: Administrative justiceand tribunals; 15: Judicial review; 16: Human rights in the UK courts; 17: European Union law in the UK courts
- ISBN: 978-0-19-928419-1
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 960
- Fecha Publicación: 12/08/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés