TY - BOOK AU - Alder, John TI - Constitutional & administrative law [2nd] AV - KD35.G7.1 A52C 1994 PY - 1994/// CY - London : PB - \The \\Macmillan Press, KW - Administrative law KW - Administrative law -- Great Britain KW - Constitutional law -- Great Britain KW - Constitutions KW - Great Britain -- Constitutions N1 - Part I GENERAL PRINCIPLES --] 1 Basic Concepts and Themes -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Written constitutions -- 1.3 The differences between written and unwritten constitutions -- 1.4 The structure of the UK constitution -- 1.5 Public law and private law -- 1.6 Constitutional law and administrative law -- 1.7 The development of the United Kingdom Constitution -- 1.8 What makes a constitution 'valid"? -- 2 The Sources of the Constitution -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The basic principle -- 2.3 General political and moral values -- 2.4 Strict law -- 2.5 Conventions -- 3 Constitutionalism: The Rule of Law and the Separation of Powers -- 3.1 Constitutionalism -- 3.2 The rule of law -- 3.3 The separation of powers -- 4 Parliamentary Supremacy -- 4.1 The doctrine of parliamentary supremacy -- 4.2 Legal and political supremacy -- 4.3 The ingredients of an Act of Parliament -- 4.4 The historical basis of parliamentary supremacy -- 4.5 Legal limits upon parliamentary supremacy? -- 4.6 Delegated legislation -- 5 The Territory of the United Kingdom: Citizenship and Foreign Affairs -- 5.1 Federal and unitary constitutions -- 5.2 The structure of the United Kingdom -- 5.3 The Commonwealth -- 5.4 Citizenship -- 5.5 Allegiance -- 5.6 International treaties -- 6 The European Union -- 6.1 The purposes of the European Union -- 6.2 Union Organs -- 6.3 Community law and national law -- 6.4 The Maastricht Treaty: A Note -- Part II PARLIAMENT -- 7 The Constitutional Position of Parliament -- 7.1 The meeting of Parliament -- 7.2 The functions of Parliament -- 7.3 Parliamentary privilege -- 8 The House of Lords -- 8.1 Historical development -- 8.2 The modern law: The Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 -- 8.3 The modern role of the Lords -- 8.4 The composition of the House of Lords -- 8.5 Attendance in the House of Lords -- 8.6 Reform of the House of Lords -- 9 The House of Commons -- 9.1 Historical development -- 9.2 The electoral system -- 10 Parliamentary Procedure -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Speaker -- 10.3 Legislative procedure -- 10.4 Parliament and public finance -- 10.5 Parliamentary supervision of the executive -- 10.6 The redress of grievances -- 10.7 Procedure in the House of Lords -- 10.8 Conclusion -- Part III THE EXECUTIVE -- 11. The Crown -- 11.1 The state, the government and the Crown -- 11.2 The nature of the Crown -- 11.3 The Queen -- 11.4 The functions of the monarchy -- 12. The Powers of the Crown -- 12.1 The sources of government power -- 12.2 Private law powers -- 12.3 Crown Immunities -- 12.4 The Royal Prerogative -- 13 Ministers and Departments -- 13.1 The prime minister -- 13.2 The cabinet -- 13.3 Ministers -- 13.4 Government departments -- 13.5 Ministerial responsibility -- 13.6 Civil servants -- 13.7 Next Steps agencies and Citizens' Charters -- 13.8 The armed forces -- 4. Government Secrecy -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 No duty of disclosure -- 14.3 The Official Secrets Act 1989: The criminal law-- 14.4 Civil liability: Breach of confidence -- 14.4 Public interest immunity -- 15. Ad Hoc Bodies 1-- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Constitutional justification -- 15.3 Relations with the central government-- 15.4 The courts -- 15.5 Publicity and complaints mechanisms -- 16 Local Government -- 16.1 Local Authority Structure and Functions -- 16.2 Structure -- 16.3 Control by central government of local authorities -- 16.4 The internal constitution -- 16.5 Local government finance -- 16.6 Accountability -- Part IV THE JUDICIAL BRANCH -- 17 The Judiciary -- 17.1 The constitutional position of the judiciary -- 17.2 Security of tenure -- 17.3 Appointments and promotions -- 17.4 Judicial independence and accountability -- 17.5 Judicial lawmaking -- 17.6 Judicial immunity -- 17.7 Contempt of court -- 17.8 Publicity -- 18 Tribunals and Inquiries -- 18.1 Tribunals -- 18.2 Inquiries -- 19 Judicial Review of the Executive -- 19.1 Introduction: The scope of judicial review -- 19.2 The application for judicial review procedure -- 19.3 The grounds of judicial review -- Part V CIVIL LIBERTIES -- 20 Civil Liberties: General Principles -- 20.1 Introduction -- 20.2 Statutory protection of civil liberties -- 20.3 The European Convention on Human Rights -- 20.4 Enacting a bill of rights -- 21 Freedom of Expression -- 21.1 Introduction: prior restraint -- 21.2 Censorship -- 21.3 Offences involving obscenity and indecency -- 21.4 The protection of private interests -- 21.5 Contempt of court -- 21.6 Attacks on established orthodoxy -- 21.7 Public order -- 22 The Police -- 22.1 Organisation of the police -- 22.2 The status of a constable -- 22.3 Police accountability -- 23 Police Powers of Arrest and Search in the Investigation of Crime -- 23.1 Introduction -- 23.2 Pre-arrest questioning -- 23.3 Stop and search -- 23.4 Reasonable grounds for suspecting -- 23.5 Search under section 1 -- 23.6 Proprieties: sections 2, 3 -- 23.7 Road checks -- 23.8 Serious arrestable offence -- 23.9 Arrest -- 23.10 Police searches during the investigation of crime -- 23.11 Search warrants -- 23.12 In the station: An outline -- 23.13 Conclusion Emergency -- 24. Powers and National Security -- 24.1 Introduction -- 24.2 States of emergency -- 24.3 Anti-terrorist legislation -- 24.4 The security services -- 24.5 Conclusion Appendices -- 1 The Bill of Rights 1688 -- 2 European Communities Act 1972 EC Treaty (as amended by the Maastricht Treaty on European Union) -- Treaty on European Union 1992 -- 3 Official Secrets Act 1989 -- 4 Supreme Court Act 1981 -- 5 European Convention on Human Rights 1950 -- 6 Public Order Act 1986 -- 7 The Commonwealth of Britain Bill -- Bibliography -- Index ER -