Text, Cases and Materials on Public Law and Human Rights

"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. This third edition has been fully updated and includes coverage of: the Governance of Britain reform package and the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, the Constitutional Reform Act and the new Supreme Court, the Serious Organised Crime and Policing Act 2005 and 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 and the Kelly Report on parliamentary privilege, and of the Wright Committee Reforms on the Commons. There is in-depth discussion of the latest leading cases in judicial review and key decisions under the Freedom of Information Act. Furthermore, the book includes extensive coverage and analysis of a range of recent developments in the human rights' field, including the key Human Rights Act cases of Belmarsh, Re P, Huang and YL and the Strasbourg decisions in the Marper (DNA) case and A v UK on detention without trial; 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. The possibilities of repeal of the Human Rights Act and of the future introduction of a British Bill of Rights are given consideration.

ISBN 0415462142   Pages 1328 ISBN13 9780415462143 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 2218 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Published in London Imprint Routledge   Previous ISBN 9781859416556 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 246 Publication date 25 Aug 2010   Width (mm) 189 DEWEY 342.41085   Academic level Undergraduate DEWEY edition DC22

		Preface
		Table of Cases
		Table of Statutes
		Table of Statutory Instruments
		Table of European Legislation
		Table of International Legislation
		Acknowledgements
1		Constitutional Principles and the British Constitution		1
		Introduction		2
		Fundamental ideas in constitutional theory		3
		Different conceptions of áconstitutions'		7
		The variety of constitutions		11
		The existence and nature of the UK constitution		18
		The politics of the UK constitution and its reform		34
		Postcript		46
		Further reading		46
2		The Nature and Role of Constitutional Conventions		48
		Introduction		49
		The variety of conventions		49
		Attempts to define conventions		53
		The role of conventions		64
		Should conventions be codified?		69
		Further reading		80
3		The Rule of Law and the Separation of Powers		81
		Introduction---the theoretical basis of the rule of law		82
		The basic idea of the rule of law: government under the law or álimited government'		83
		Specific principles deriving from the rule of law		85
		A basic principle: law applies to all		85
		A cluster of formal principles		86
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"This is a comprehensive and straight-forward compendium of useful materials. The authors write clearly and with a sound understanding." Bill Bowring, Professor of Law, Birkbeck College "Fenwick and Phillipson is comprehensive in its coverage of fundamental principles, with a focus on recent developments that stresses the vibrancy of contemporary public law." Roger Masterman, Senior Lecturer in Law, Durham University "The materials selected are very wide ranging and give the text a contemporary feel." James Gray, Principal Lecturer in Law, Northumbria University "It is difficult to fault this book." Public Law, 1997

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