Text, Cases and Materials on Public Law and Human Rights

by Fenwick; Helen

• ISBN13: 9780415462143
• ISBN10: 0415462142
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2011-01-13
• Publisher: Routledge Caven

Summary

Text, Cases and Materials on Public Law and Human Rights integrates a diverse and contemporary collection of cases and materials with an authoritative narrative commentary from two leading academics in the fields of public law and human rights. The text intersperses extracts from leading cases, academic commentary and parliamentary and governmental material to produce an all-encompassing student companion to constitutional, administrative and UK human rights law.Uniquely comprehensive in its scope, this third edition expands the coverage of the European Convention and Human Rights Act and includes a new chapter on devolution. It has been exhaustively revised and updated to take into account a wealth of new developments including the Governance of Britain reform package, the Constitutional Reform Act and the new Supreme Court as well as the impact of anti-terrorism legislation on the rule of law and police powers. There is comprehensive coverage of the Jackson case, Bancoult and the royal prerogative, the 2008 White Paper on Lords reform, the impact of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 on parliamentary privilege, and the Serious Organised Crime and Policing Act 2005. Furthermore, Belmarsh, Re P, Huang and YL under the HRA, and the Austin and Laporte decisions on public order in the House of Lords are discussed together with the latest leading cases on freedom of expression, judicial review and key decisions under the Freedom of Information Act.

Table of Contents

Constitutional Theory and the British Constitution after Devolution

The Nature and Role of Constitutional Conventions

The Rule of Law and the Separation of Powers

Parliamentary Sovereignty

The European Union and Parliamentary Sovereignty

Devolution

The European Convention on Human Rights

The Commons: Elections, Parties, Legislation and Scrutiny

The House of Lords and Reform

Parliamentary Privilege

Perogative Powers

The Central Executive: Structures and Accountability

Official Secrecy and Access to Information

Judicial Review: Availability, Applicability, Procedural Exclusivity

Grounds of Judicial Review

Ombudsmen

The Traditional Protection of Civil Liberties in Britain and the Impact of the Human Rights Act 1998

Freedom of Expression

Freedom of Assembly, Public Protest and Public Order

Police Powers

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