Text, cases, and materials on public law and human rights
By: Helen Fenwick and Gavin Phillipson.
Contributors: Phillipson, Gavin.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; N.Y., NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1328
ISBN-13: 9780415462143; 9780415484312
Subjects: Public law -- Great Britain; Civil rights -- Great Britain
Table of contents: title: Constitutional theory and the British constitution after devolution; title: The nature and role of constitutional conventions; title: The rule of law and the separation of powers; title: Parliamentary sovereignty; title: The European Union and parliamentary sovereignty; title: Devolution; title: The European Convention on Human Rights; title: The commons: elections, parties, legislation and scrutiny; title: The House of Lords and reform; title: Parliamentary privilege; title: Prerogative powers; title: The central executive: structures and accountability; title: Official secrecy and freedom of information; title: Judicial review: availability, applicability, procedural exclusivity; title: Grounds of judicial review; title: Ombudsmen; title: The traditional protection of civil liberties in Britain and the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998; title: Freedom of expression; title: Freedom of assembly, public protest and public order; title: Crime control and counter-terrorism: police powers.