Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and Human Rights: A Critical Introduction

Part I: Theoretical Principles 1: Defining the constitution? 2: Parliamentary sovereignty 3: The rule of law and the separation of powers 4: The Royal prerogative Part II: The Institutions and Operation of National Government 5: The House of Commons 6: The House of Lords 7: The electoral system 8: Parliamentary privilege 9: Constitutional conventions Part III: The Geographical Separation of Powers 10: Local government 11: Parliamentary sovereignty within the European Union 12: The governance of Scotland and Wales Part IV: Administrative Law 13: Substantive grounds of judicial review 14: Procedural grounds of judicial review 15: Challenging governmental decisions: the process 16: Locus Standi Part V: Human Rights 17: Human Rights I: traditional perspectives 18: Human Rights II: emergent principles 19: Human Rights III: new substantive grounds of review 20: Human Rights IV: the Human Rights Act 1998 21: Human Rights V: the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 22: Human Rights VI: governmental powers of arrest and detention Part VI: Conclusions 23: A revolution by due process of law? Leaving the European Union 24: Conclusion