Full Description
Public Law: Text, Cases, and Materials offers a fresh approach to the study of constitutional and administrative law by exploring how the law works in practice.
The inclusion of extracts from key cases, government reports and academic articles demonstrates the law in action and the incisive commentary that accompanies them explains the significance of each. The expert authors have distilled their knowledge of the institutions and legal principles into concise, focused prose, and they encourage reflection through regular questions and hypothetical examples.
This leading text provides students with a thorough and wide-ranging knowledge of public law, together with a full understanding of the theoretical and political debates in this fascinating and dynamic area of law.
Digital formats and resources
The fifth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.
- The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
- The online resources that support the book include multiple-choice questions with answer feedback for students to test their understanding
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
