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Author Alder, John.

Title Constitutional and administrative law / John Alder
Edition Eighth edition
Published Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Description xxxvi, 569 pages ; 25 cm
Series Palgrave Macmillan law masters
Palgrave Macmillan law masters.
Contents Contents note continued: 17.9.Legitimate expectations -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- 18.The grounds of judicial review, II: beyond ultra vires -- 18.1.Irrationality/unreasonableness -- 18.2.Procedural impropriety: statutory procedural requirements -- 18.3.Procedural impropriety: the right to a fair hearing -- 18.4.Procedural impropriety: bias -- 18.5.Procedural impropriety: reasons for decisions -- 18.6.The European Convention on Human Rights -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- 19.Judicial review remedies -- 19.1.Introduction -- 19.2.The range of remedies -- 19.3.The judicial review procedure: public interest safeguards -- 19.4.Standing (locus standi) -- 19.5.Choice of procedure: public and private law -- 19.6.Exclusivity -- 19.7.The exclusion and limitation of judicial review -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- pt. VI Fundamental rights -- 20.Human rights and civil liberties -- 20.1.Introduction: the nature of human rights --
Contents note continued: 20.2.The common law -- 20.3.The European Convention on Human Rights -- 20.4.The main Convention rights -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- 21.The Human Rights Act 1998 -- 21.1.The scope of the Act -- 21.2.Extraterritorial application -- 21.3.The Human Rights Act and Parliament -- 21.4.The executive and judiciary: remedies -- 21.5.Overriding protected rights -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- 22.Freedoms of expression and assembly -- 22.1.Introduction: justifications for freedom of expression -- 22.2.The legal status of freedom of expression -- 22.3.Press freedom and censorship -- 22.4.The free flow of information -- 22.5.Press freedom and reputation: defamation -- 22.6.Press freedom and privacy -- 22.7.̀Hate Speech' -- 22.8.Demonstrations and meetings -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- 23.Exceptional powers: security, state secrecy and emergencies -- 23.1.Introduction: security and the courts --
Contents note continued: 23.2.State secrecy: access to information -- 23.3.Disclosure of government information -- 23.4.The security and intelligence services -- 23.5.Surveillance -- 23.6.Emergency powers -- 23.7.Anti-terrorism measures -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- Postscript -- 24.Constitutional reform -- 24.1.Introduction -- 24.2.The nature of constitutional reform -- 24.3.Future directions -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading
Contents note continued: 4.3.The medieval period: the beginning of parliamentary government -- 4.4.The Tudor period: the creation of the state -- 4.5.The seventeenth-century revolution -- 4.6.The eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries: the parliamentary system -- 4.7.The nineteenth and twentieth centuries: democracy and the central state -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- 5.An overview of the main institutions of the UK constitution -- 5.1.Introduction: the dignified and efficient constitution: deceiving the people? -- 5.2.Legislature and executive -- 5.3.Non-departmental public bodies: quangos -- 5.4.The judicial branch -- 5.5.Local government -- 5.6.The police and the prosecution system -- 5.7.The Privy Council -- 5.8.The Church of England -- 5.9.Bodies monitoring government standards of behaviour -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- pt. II Fundamental principles -- 6.The rule of law -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Historical background --
Contents note continued: 6.3.Different versions of the rule of law -- 6.4.The core rule of law -- 6.5.The ̀amplified' rule of law -- 6.6.The extended (liberal) rule of law: ̀the principle of legality' -- 6.7.The international rule of law -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- 7.The separation of powers -- 7.1.Introduction: Montesquieu's doctrine of the separation of powers -- 7.2.The mixed constitution -- 7.3.Other kinds of separation of powers -- 7.4.Judicial independence -- 7.5.The separation of powers in the UK -- 7.6.Separation of functions -- 7.7.Separation of personnel -- 7.8.Checks and balances -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- 8.Parliamentary supremacy -- 8.1.Introduction -- 8.2.The meaning of ̀Act of Parliament' -- 8.3.The three facets of parliamentary supremacy -- 8.4.Challenging parliamentary supremacy -- 8.5.Parliamentary supremacy and the rule of law -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- pt. III International aspects of the constitution --
Contents note continued: 9.The state and the outside world - sic transit gloria mundi -- 9.1.Introduction: the idea of the state -- 9.2.The UK as a state -- 9.3.Citizenship -- 9.4.Federalism -- 9.5.The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man -- 9.6.British overseas territories -- 9.7.International affairs -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- 10.The European Union -- 10.1.Introduction: the nature of the European Union -- 10.2.Institutions -- 10.3.Community law and national law -- 10.4.Democracy and the European Union -- 10.5.Federalism and the European Union: subsidiarity -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- pt. IV Government institutions -- 11.Parliament: constitutional position -- 11.1.Introduction -- 11.2.The House of Lords -- 11.3.The meeting of Parliament -- 11.4.The functions of the House of Commons -- 11.5.The functions of the House of Lords -- 11.6.Parliamentary privilege -- 11.7.Standards in the Commons -- 11.8.The courts and Parliament -- Summary --
Contents note continued: Exercises -- Further reading -- 12.The composition of Parliament and parliamentary elections -- 12.1.Introduction -- 12.2.The House of Lords -- 12.3.Reform of the House of Lords -- 12.4.Membership of the House of Commons -- 12.5.The electoral system -- 12.6.Eligibility to vote -- 12.7.The voting system -- 12.8.The constituencies -- 12.9.Voting procedures -- 12.10.Election campaigns -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- 13.Parliamentary procedure -- 13.1.Introduction -- 13.2.The Speaker of the Commons -- 13.3.Legislative procedure -- 13.4.Financial procedure -- 13.5.Supervision of the executive -- 13.6.Redress of grievances -- 13.7.House of Lords procedure -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- 14.The Crown -- 14.1.Introduction: the nature of the Crown -- 14.2.Succession to the monarchy -- 14.3.Financing the monarchy -- 14.4.The personal powers of the monarch -- 14.5.Crown immunities -- 14.6.The royal prerogative -- Summary -- Exercises --
Contents note continued: Further reading -- 15.Ministers and departments -- 15.1.Introduction -- 15.2.Appointment of the Prime Minister -- 15.3.The powers of the Prime Minister -- 15.4.The Cabinet -- 15.5.Ministers -- 15.6.Government departments -- 15.7.Ministerial responsibility -- 15.8.The civil service -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- 16.Devolution -- 16.1.The general nature of devolution in the UK -- 16.2.Scotland -- 16.3.Northern Ireland -- 16.4.Wales -- 16.5.England -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- pt. V Administrative law -- 17.The grounds of judicial review, I: illegality and ultra vires -- 17.1.Introduction: the constitutional basis of judicial review -- 17.2.Appeal and review -- 17.3.Nullity: void and voidable decisions -- 17.4.Classification of the grounds of review -- 17.5.Illegality: ̀narrow' ultra vires -- 17.6.Errors of law and fact -- 17.7.̀Wide' ultra vires: improper purposes and relevance -- 17.8.Fettering discretion --
Machine generated contents note: pt. I The framework of the constitution -- 1.Introduction: constitutional themes and structures -- 1.1.What is a constitution? -- 1.2.Written and unwritten constitutions -- 1.3.The legal and the political constitution -- 1.4.Types of constitution -- 1.5.Public and private law -- 1.6.Resolving disagreement: uncertainty and incommensurability -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- 2.Underlying political values: liberalism and republicanism -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Liberalism -- 2.3.Varieties of liberalism in constitutional thought -- 2.4.Freedom -- 2.5.Republicanism -- 2.6.Equality -- 2.7.Democracy -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- 3.The sources of the constitution -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Statute law -- 3.3.The common law -- 3.4.Constitutional conventions -- 3.5.Constitutional silence and abeyance -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- 4.Historical outline -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Saxon period --
Summary This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the basic legal principles of the UK constitution. It places the law in the context of the main political ideas which have influenced its development and discusses some of the most fundamental questions about government
Analysis Administrative law
Cases (Law)
Constitutional law
Great Britain
Overseas item
Notes Previous ed.: 2009
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Administrative law -- Great Britain.
Civil rights -- Great Britain.
Constitutional law -- Great Britain.
ISBN 0230285708
9780230285705