Public Law - Text, Cases, and Materials

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.

List of contents

• Part I: Constitutional Fundamentals


• 1: Introduction to constitutional fundamentals


• 2: The constitutional rulebook


• 3: The legislative supremacy of the UK Parliament


• 4: The rule of law


• 5: Separating and balancing powers


• 6: Devolution


• Part II: Executive Functions


• 7: Introduction to executive functions


• 8: Government


• 9: Accountability


• 10: Prerogative powers


• Part III: Legislative Functions


• 11: Introduction to legislative functions


• 12: Primary legislation


• 13: Delegated legislation


• Part IV: Judicial and Dispute Resolution Functions


• 14: Introduction to judicial and dispute resolution functions


• 15: The judiciary


• 16: Administrative justice: tribunals and ombuds


• 17: Judicial review 1: The importance and role of judicial review


• 18: Judicial review 2: Procedural fairness and legitimate expectation


• 19: Judicial review 3: Exclusion and limitation of judicial review


• 20: Protecting rights: Using human rights in the United Kingdom courts


• 21: Protecting human rights case studies: School uniforms, terrorism, and prisoner voting


• Part V: The European Union


• 22: Institutions of the European Union


• 23: Joining and leaving the European Union

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Le Sueur, Andrew (Professor of Constitutional Just Le Sueur, Andrew (Professor of Constitutional Justice Le Sueur, Le Sueur Andrew, Jo Eric Khushal Murkens, Jo Eric Khushal (Professor of Law Murkens, Murkens Jo Eric Khushal, Maurice Sunkin, Maurice (Professor of Public Law and Socio-Legal Studies Sunkin, Sunkin Maurice
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.05.2023
• EAN: 9780192870612
• ISBN: 978-0-19-287061-2
• No. of pages: 736
• Series: Text, Cases, And Materials
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; England, Wales, LAW / Constitutional, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Wales / Cymru