TY - BOOK AU - Carroll, Alex TI - Constitutional and administrative law [2nd] SN - 058243808X AV - KD35.G7.1 C37C 2002 PY - 2002/// CY - Essex : PB - Pearson Education, KW - Administrative law -- Great Britain KW - Constitutional law -- Great Britain N1 - Preface -- Table of Cases -- Table of Statutes -- PART 1 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES -- 1 INTRODUCTION TO CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW -- What is a constitution -- The British constitution -- The cultural dimension -- The European dimension -- The terminology of constitutional and administrative law -- The geography of the constitution -- THE CHARACTERISTICS OF -- 2 THE CONSTITUTION -- Introduction -- The unwritten -- constitution -- Flexibility -- Unitary -- Constitutional monarchy -- Bicameral sovereign Parliament -- Representative democracy -- Responsible government -- The separation of powers -- The rule of law -- 3. SOURCES OF CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW -- Introduction -- Legislation -- Judicial decisions -- Constitutional conventions -- European Community law -- The European Convention on Human Rights -- The law and custom of Parliament -- PART 2 PARLIAMENT AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY -- THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: INSTITUTIONS AND SOURCES OF LAW -- Origins of the European Community -- The Maastricht Treaty and the European Union -- The Treaty of Amsterdam -- Subsidiarity -- Community institutions -- The Treaty of Nice -- Sources of Community law -- 5 THE LEGISLATIVE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE WESTMINSTER PARLIAMENT -- Introduction -- Application -- Possible legal limitations -- The relationship between EC law and Acts of Parliament -- PART 3. THE COMPOSITION AND WORKINGS OF PARLIAMENT -- 6 THE FRANCHISE AND THE ELECTORATE -- Introduction -- Qualifications -- Disqualifications -- Special categories of voters-- Casting the vote -- 7. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS: MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT -- Disqualifications -- Effects of disqualification -- Role and functions of MPs -- The relationship between MP and party -- 8. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS: PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS -- Introduction -- Legislation -- Scrutiny of executive action -- Financial proceedings -- Other functions M -- 9. THE HOUSE OF LORDS -- Composition -- Types of peers -- Disclaimer and disqualification -- Attendance -- Powers -- Functions -- Proposals for reform -- 10 PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE -- Nature and sources -- Freedom of speech -- Freedom from arrest -- Right of the House to regulate its own composition -- Right of the House to regulate its internal proceedings -- Right of the House to punish for breach of privilege and contempt of Parliament -- The courts and parliamentary privilege -- The courts and contempt -- PART 4 THE EXECUTIVE THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET -- 11 Introduction -- Choosing a Prime Minister -- Factors contributing to the power of the Prime Minister -- The conventional power of dissolution -- Limits on prime ministerial power -- The Cabinet -- 12. THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE -- Nature and significance -- History -- Principal remaining prerogatives -- The prerogative and statute -- The prerogative and the courts -- 13.CROWN PROCEEDINGS AND THE LEGAL LIABILITY OF THE CROWN AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES -- Introduction: the law before the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 -- The Crown Proceedings Act 1947 -- Private law liability for abuse of statutory powers -- Remedies -- Crown privilege -- From Crown privilege to public interest immunity -- Pleading public interest immunity: duty or discretion -- Public interest immunity and criminal proceedings -- PART 5 JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION -- 14. THE NATURE OF JUDICIAL REVIEW -- Introduction -- The scope of judicial review -- Jurisdiction and power -- Review and appeal contrasted -- Sources of public law power -- 15. GROUNDS FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW: ILLEGALITY, IRRATIONALIT AND PROCEDURAL IMPROPRIETY -- Illegality: introduction -- Illegality and jurisdictional contro l-- Illegality and control of discretion -- Abuse of discretion T-- he concept of reasonableness -- From reasonableness to irrationality -- Proportionality -- Procedural impropriety: introduction -- Procedural ultra vires -- The rules of natural justice -- 16 EXCLUSION OF AND APPLICATIONS FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW -- Exclusion of judicial review: introduction -- Ouster clauses S -- ubjectively worded -- Alternative remedies powers-- Justiciability -- Applying for judicial review: introduction -- The procedure -- Remedies -- Relator proceedings -- 17 EXCLUSIVITY -- Background -- The rule in O'Reilly v Mackman -- Abuse of power as a collateral issue -- Abuse of power as a defence -- Abuse of power where statutory remedy provided -- Judicial review and contractual powers -- Judicial review beyond statutory or prerogative powers -- PART 6 HUMAN RIGHTS -- 18. THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS -- Introduction -- Formulation -- The Convention in English law prior to the Human Rights Act -- The European Court of Human Rights -- General principles of European human rights law -- The rights protected by the Convention -- 19 THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 -- Freedom versus rights -- Objectives of the 1998 Act -- Principal provisions -- Retrospective effect -- Human rights and judicial review -- Application of the Human Rights Act -- 20 POLICE POWERS, PERSONAL LIBERTY AND PRIVACY -- Personal freedom: introduction -- The power to stop and search -- The power of arrest -- Detention -- Interviewing suspects -- Inadmissable evidence -- Entry, search and seizure -- Remedies for police malpractice -- Legal regulation of investigatory powers -- 21. RESTRICTIONS ON THE RIGHTS OF FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATION -- Introduction: the freedoms defined -- Common law preventative powers -- Statutory public order offences -- Other relevant statutory offences -- Common law offences -- 22. RESTRICTIONS ON THE RIGHTS OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND INFORMATION -- Introduction -- Freedom of expression and the mass media -- Freedom of expression, obscenity and pornography -- Freedom of expression and the administration of justice -- Freedom of expression, public order and national security -- Freedom of information and data protection -- 23 FREEDOM AND EMERGENCY POWERS -- Emergency powers in general -- Emergency powers in wartime -- Emergency powers and terrorism -- Emergency powers in peacetime -- Emergencies and the common law -- 24.PART 7-TRIBUNALS, INQUIRIES AND COMPLAINTS PROCEDURES TRIBUNALS AND INQUIRIES -- Introduction -- Administrative tribunals -- Some particular tribunals -- Public inquiries The Franks Committee -- The Council on Tribunals -- The Leggat Review -- 25 OMBUDSMEN -- Background -- The Parliamentary Commissioner -- The Health Service Commissioner -- The Commissions for Local Administration -- The Northern Ireland Ombudsman -- The Pensions Ombudsman -- The Legal Services Ombudsman -- The Prison Ombudsman -- Index ER -