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1 online resource (1 volume) |
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Public law in a multi-layered constitution / Nicholas Bamforth and Peter Leyland -- Constitutional law: the third order of the political / Martin Loughlin -- What is parliament for? / Adam Tomkins -- European governance and accountability / Carol Harlow -- Devolution and England: what is in an offer? / Richard Cornes -- Does the devolved Northern Ireland need an independent judicial arbiter? / Brigid Hadfield -- Modernising government and the e-government revolution: technologies of government and technologies of democracy / John Morrison -- UK utility regulation in an age of governance / Peter Leyland -- Freedom of information: a new constitutional landscape? / Stephanie Palmer -- Accountability and the public/private distinction / Peter Crane -- Courts in a multi-layered constitution / Nicholas Bamforth -- Reinventing administrative law / Michael Taggart -- Sovereignty's blight: why contemporary public law needs the concept of 'due deference' / Murray Hunt -- Civil liberties and human rights / Conor Gearty -- Standing in a multi-layered constitution / Joanna Miles |
| Summary |
How is the distribution of power between the different levels of the contemporary constitution to be policed? What is the emerging contribution of the courts in regard to EC law, the Human Rights Act 1998 and devolution? What roles should be played by the legislative and judicial bodies at each level? Who should have access to the courts in public law disputes, and on what grounds should the courts regulate the exercise of public power? Can a coherent distinction be maintained between public and private law? These essays by leading public law scholars explore the allocation and regulation of pu |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Public law -- Great Britain
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Constitutional & administrative law.
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LAW -- Constitutional.
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LAW -- Public.
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Public law
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Grondwetten.
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bamforth, Nicholas.
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Leyland, Peter (Lecturer in law)
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| ISBN |
184731323X |
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1281042056 |
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9781281042057 |
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9781847313232 |
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9781847316875 |
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1847316875 |
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