Preface --
Table of cases --
Table of statutes --
List of abbreviations --
Part one General constitutional law --
1 Constitutional and administrative law generally: the principal features of the British Constitution --
Introductory; Varieties and classification of constitutions; --
Government; Particular features of the British Constitution; --
Sources of constitutional law; The rule of law --
2 The separation of powers: the independence of the judiciary and contempt of court --
The separation of powers; The independence of the judiciary; --
Contempt of court; The Contempt of Court Act 1981; Other matters --
3 Conventions of the Constitution --
General; Conventions and the courts; Classification of conventions --
4 The sovereignty of Parliament --
Sovereignty generally; The classical theory of sovereignty; --
Possible limitations on sovereignty; The Parliament Acts; Legal sovereignty --
5 The European Community The Community generally; The institutions of the EC; --
Community law; Direct applicability and primacy of --
Community law; Community law in the UK; British cases --
involving EC law; Community law and parliamentary sovereignty --
Part two Parliamentary democracy --
6 Parliamentary elections and Members of Parliament --
Parliamentary democracy: The Houses of Parliament; The --
House of Commons; The franchise and elections --
7 The functions and proceedings of Parliament --
General; Debate; Legislation; The scrutiny of the --
administration; Control of national finance; The High Court of --
Parliament --
8 Parliamentary privilege --
Privilege generally; Privileges of the Commons; Freedom of --
speech in debate; Freedom from arrest; Penal jurisdiction; --
Privileges of the Lords; Privileges and the courts --
Part three The individual --
9 Civil liberties --
General; Specific freedoms --
10 Freedom of the person and property: the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 --
Introductory; Part I: powers to stop and search; Part II: powers --
of entry, search and seizure; Part III: arrest; Part IV: detention; --
Part V: questioning and treatment of persons by police; Parts --
VII and VIII: evidence in criminal proceedings; Parts IX-XI --
11 Freedom of assembly: the Public Order Acts 1936 and 1986 --
Introductory; Common law; Statutory offences; The Public --
Order Act 1936; The Public Order Act 1986; Part I: new --
offences; Part II: processions and assemblies; Part III: racial --
hatred; Parts IV and V --
Part four Executive authority and its control: administrative law --
12 Executive authority and central government --
General; Central government; The prime minister and --
Cabinet; Ministerial responsibility. The departments of State: --
The Civil Service; The Privy Council; The armed forces; --
Emergency powers --
13 The monarchy and the royal prerogative --
The monarchy; The royal prerogative; The prerogative and --
foreign affairs-'Act of State'; The prerogative and the courts; --
The prerogative and conventions --
14 Administrative law --
General; Powers of delegated legislation; Adjudicative powers: --
tribunals and inquiries; Administrative authorities; Local --
councils; Public corporations; The police and police --
authorities; Maladministration and the ombudsman --
15 Judicial review of administrative action --
General; Illegality: Irrationality; Procedural impropriety --
16 Procedural impropriety: breach of natural justice --
General; The new approach; Legitimate expectations; Audi --
alteram partem; Nemo judex in causa sua; Breach of natural justice --
17 Applications for judicial review --
The new procedure; Sufficient interest; Public and private law --
matters; Other aspects of the new procedure --
18 Judicial remedies in administrative law --
General; Private law remedies; Public law remedies; Restrictions --
on availability of remedies; Exhaustion of remedies --
19 The legal liability of public authorities; Crown proceedings and public interest immunity --
General; The liability of public authorities; Crown proceedings; The Crown Proceedings Act 1947; Public interest immunity --
Appendix I: Examination technique --
Appendix II: Specimen examination paper --
Index.