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An accessible and highly readable guide to public law, offering contextual knowledge, details of key cases, and supportive critical evaluation of the law.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Part 1: The UK Constitution
- 1: Introducing constitutions and public law
- 2: How the UK constitution has developed
- 3: The features and sources of the UK constitution
- 4: How the UK is organised
- 5: Brexit
- Part 2: Important Constitutional Principles and Values
- 6: Parliamentary sovereignty
- 7: Separation of powers
- 8: Rule of law
- 9: Constitutional rights and principles
- Part 3: The Allocation of Power in the UK: the Three Arms of State
- 10: The legislature: membership, privileges, and standards
- 11: The key functions of Parliament
- 12: The executive
- 13: The judiciary
- Part 4: The Relationship Between the Individual and the State
- 14: Challenging government action
- 15: Introduction to judicial review
- 16: Judicial review: grounds and remedies
- 17: The Human Rights Act 1998
- 18: Human rights in action
- 19: Police powers
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Anne Dennett is a Senior Lecturer in Lincoln Law School, University of Lincoln, and a non-practising barrister. With many years' experience in teaching Public Law, she currently teaches and convenes Constitutional and Administrative Law alongside a range of modules in the field of International Law. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Zusammenfassung
An accessible and highly readable guide to public law, offering contextual knowledge, details of key cases, and supportive critical evaluation of the law.
Zusatztext
'This textbook provides a good foundation, but also goes into more detail on key issues. It does not shy away from critical consideration of knotty problems.'
