Full Description
Parliament and the Law (Second Edition) is an edited collection of essays, supported by the UK's Study of Parliament Group, including contributions by leading constitutional lawyers, political scientists and parliamentary officials. It provides a wide-ranging overview of the ways in which the law applies to, and impacts upon, the UK Parliament, and it considers how recent changes to the UK's constitutional arrangements have affected Parliament as an institution. It includes authoritative discussion of a number of issues of topical concern, such as: the operation of parliamentary privilege, the powers of Parliament's select committees, parliamentary scrutiny, devolution, English Votes for English Laws, Members' conduct and the governance of both Houses. It also contains chapters on financial scrutiny, parliamentary sovereignty, Parliament and human rights, and the administration of justice. Aimed mainly at legal academics, practitioners, and political scientists, it will also be of interest to anyone who is curious about the many fascinating ways in which the law interacts with and influences the work, the constitutional status and the procedural arrangements of the Westminster Parliament.
Contents
1. Introduction
Alexander Horne and Gavin Drewry
Part 1: Privilege, Exclusive Cognisance and Conduct
2. Privilege, Exclusive Cognisance and the Law
Paul Evans
3. The Law and the Conduct of Members of Parliament
Richard Kelly, Matthew Hamlyn and Oonagh Gay
Part 2: Parliament: Select Committees and Internal Arrangements
4. The Governance of Parliament
Ben Yong
5. Select Committees: Powers and Functions
Christopher Johnson
6. Relationship between the Two Houses
Lord Norton and Lucinda Maer
7. Public Legal Information and Law-making in Parliament
Jack Simson Caird
Part 3: Devolution and the English Question
8. Devolution and the UK Parliament
Sir Paul Silk
9. 'English Votes for English Laws'
Liam Laurence Smyth
Part 4: Rights, Justice and Scrutiny
10. Parliament and Human Rights
Alexander Horne and Megan Conway
11. Parliamentary Accountability for the Administration of Justice
Gavin Drewry
12. Parliament and the Courts: A Pragmatic (or Principled) Defence of the Sovereignty of Parliament
Dawn Oliver
13. Financial Control and Scrutiny
Colin Lee and Phil Larkin
14. Parliamentary Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation
Adam Tucker
