Constitutional and Administrative Law

Trusted by generations of students, and consistently reliable and up to date, Hilaire Barnett’s Constitutional and Administrative Law continues to provide accessible and comprehensive coverage of the Public Law syllabus. Mapped to the common course outline, the Sixteenth Edition equips students with a thorough understanding of the UK constitution’s past, present and future by analysing and illustrating the political and sociohistorical contexts that have shaped the major rules and principles of constitutional and administrative law, as well as ongoing constitutional reform.

This edition has been fully updated throughout, including additional questions to aid student understanding of this complex area of the law. The online digital resources have been updated with a new student website at www.routledgelearning.com/BarnettCAL.

Ideal for students studying constitutional and administrative law for the first time, this is an indispensable guide to the challenging concepts and legal rules in public law.

PART 1: GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1. Introducing Constitutional Law
2. Sources of the Constitution

PART 2: FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONAL CONCEPTS
3. The Rule of Law
4. The Separation of Powers
5. The Royal Prerogative
6. Parliamentary Sovereignty

PART 3: THE EUROPEAN UNION
7. Structures and Institutions of the European Union
8. European Union Law and National Law

PART 4: CENTRAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
9. Central Government
10. Ministerial Responsibility
11. Devolution and Local Government

PART 5: THE UNITED KINGDOM PARLIAMENT
12. The Electoral System
13. Introduction to the House of Commons
14. The Legislative Process
15. Scrutiny of the Executive
16. The House of Lords
17. Parliamentary Privilege

PART 6: THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE STATE
18. The Protection of Human Rights
19. Freedom of Expression and Privacy
20. Freedom of Association and Assembly, Public Order and Police Powers
21. State Security

PART 7: JUDGES AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM
22. Judges, the English Legal System and Tribunals

PART 8: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
23. Judicial Review: Introduction, Jurisdiction and Procedure
24. Grounds for Judicial Review I: The Substantive Grounds for Judicial Review
25. Grounds for Judicial Review II: Procedural Impropriety
26. Ombudsmen and Inquiries