Public Law - Text, Cases, and Materials

Zusatztext Review from previous edition A really excellent account of the subject...a highly accessible! readable and engaging account of public law served up in a student friendly way. Klappentext Public Law Text! Cases! and Materials explores how the law works in practice. The key institutions! legal principles! and conventions that underpin the public law of the UK are brought to life through the inclusion of extracts from key sources! which are explained and critiqued by the authors. Zusammenfassung Public Law: Text! Cases! and Materials offers a fresh approach to the study of constitutional and administrative law by exploring how the law works in practice. The inclusion of extracts from key cases! government reports and academic articles demonstrates the law in action and the incisive commentary that accompanies them explains the significance of each. The expert authors have distilled their knowledge of the institutions and legal principles into concise! focused prose! and they encourage reflection through regular questions and hypothetical examples. This leading text provides students with a thorough and wide-ranging knowledge of public law! together will a full understanding of the theoretical and political debates in this fascinating and dynamic area of law. Online Resource Centre This book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre which provides a link to the authors' Twitter feed! web links to useful sites and! for lecturers! a test bank of multiple choice questions with answers and feedback. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. Constitutional Fundamentals; 1. The constitutional rulebook; 2. The legislative supremacy of the UK parliament; 3. The rule of law; 4. Separating and balancing powers; 5. Multilevel governing; 6. Protecting rights; II. Executive Functions; 7. Government and accountability; 8. Exercise and control of executive power in the European Union; 9. Prerogative powers and case study on the deployment of armed forces abroad; III. Legislative Functions; 10. Primary legislation; 11. Delegated legislation; 12. European Union treaties and legislative processes; 13. Case study: what happens when the Commons and Lords Disagree; IV. Judicial and Dispute Resolution Functions; 14. The Judiciary; 15. Administrative justice: tribunals and ombudsmen; 16. Judicial review; 17. Using human rights in United Kingdom courts; 18. European Union law in United Kingdom courts ...

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Le Sueur, Andrew (Professor of Constitutional Just Le Sueur, Andrew Sunkin Le Sueur, Jo Eric Khushal Murkens, Maurice Sunkin
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.05.2016
• EAN: 9780198735380
• ISBN: 978-0-19-873538-0
• No. of pages: 936
• Series: Text, Cases, And Materials; Text, Cases, And Materials
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law