TY - BOOK AU - Barnett,Hilaire TI - Constitutional and administrative law SN - 9781032856162 AV - KD3989 .B374 2025 U1 - 342.41 23/eng/20230508 PY - 2025/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon [UK], New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Constitutional law KW - Great Britain KW - Administrative law N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introducing Constitutional Law -- Sources of the Constitution -- The rule of law -- The Separation of Powers -- The Royal Prerogative -- Parliamentary Sovereignty --Structures and Institutions of the European Union -- European Union Law and National Law -- Central Government -- Ministerial Responsibility -- Devolution and Local Government -- The Electoral System -- Introduction to the House of Commons -- The Legislative Process -- Scrutiny of the Executive -- The House of Lords -- Parliamentary Privilege -- The Protection of Human Rights -- Freedom of Expression and Privacy -- Freedom of Association and Assembly, Public Order and Police Powers -- State Security -- Judges, the English Legal System and Tribunals -- Judicial Review : Introduction, Jurisdiction and Procedure -- Grounds for Judicial Review I : The Substantive Grounds for Judicial Review -- Grounds for Judicial Review II : Procedural Impropriety -- Ombudsmen and Inquiries N2 - "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 socio-historical 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 including useful weblinks, updates to the law (provided by the author), and brand new student revision quizzes. 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"-- ER -