Subjects:

Constitutional and Administrative Law

Contents:

Part I.

The British Constitution:

1 The constitutional order

2 Law, convention and liberty

Part II.

The Government in Context:

3 The crown and the government

4 The structure of the United Kingdom

5 The European dimension

6 The powers of government

Part III.

The Responsibility of Government:

7 Parliament and government

8 Parties, groups and the people

9. Remedies against public authorities

Part IV.

Constitutional Innovation and Reform:

10. Constitutional renewal.

Out Of Print - Originally published with isbn - 040694671X
The previous edition of this book was produced in the light of the Human Rights Act, devolution, the proposed Freedom of Information Act and electoral reform. Many of these constitutional changes are now an accepted feature of British life and have generated much case law and political debate.

There are also a number of constitutional changes being mooted under a second Labour term, including regional assemblies, further reform of the House of Lords and the possible introduction of the Euro which are discussed in this fifth edition of the text. The work is intended for students of both politics and law, with material to illuminate the political process for the former and broaden the subject for the latter.

The authoritative explanatory narrative makes it appropriate as a textbook for those institutions which adopt a contextual approach to public law courses and as a complement to standard textbooks for those institutions which adopt a more black letter approach.