Constitutional law and human rights

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword by The Rt. Hon Lord Woolf, Master of the Rolls.
Table of Statutes.
Table of Statutory Instruments.
Table of European Community Legislation.-P.51
Table of Treaties and Conventions.-P.53
Table of Parliamentary Papers.-P.57
Table of Schemes and Codes of Conduct
Table of Cases
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Table of Contents.-P.1
1. Introduction: Basic Principles of the Constitution of the United Kingdom.-P.7
(1) Definition of Constitutional Law.-P.7
(2) Characteristics of the British Constitution.-P.9
(3) State Institutions.-P. 25
(4) Constitutional Conventions-P.29
(5) The European Dimension to the Constitution.-P.33
(6) The Individual and the State.-P. 36
(7) The Descent of the Crown and Provisions securing the Succession.-P.43
(8) Wales.-P. 48
(9) Scotland.-P.54
(10) Northern Ireland.-P. 72
2. Human Rights and Freedoms.-P. 93
(1) Introductory.-P. 93
(2) Human Rights and Freedoms under English Law.-P. 102
(3) Human Rights and Freedoms under the European Convention.-P. 123
3. Parliament.-P. 197
(1) Basic Principles.-P.197
(2) Elections, Summoning, Adjournment, Prorogation and Dissolution of Parliament.-P. 200
(3) Members of Parliament .-P. 202
(4) Peers.-P. 205
(5) Political Parties.-P. 206
(6) Political Broadcasting.-P. 209
(7) Parliamentary Supervision of the Executive .-P. 211
(8) Parliamentary Control of Taxation and Public Expenditure.-P. 213
(9) International Parliamentary Oganisations.-P. 216
(10) • Parliamentary Sovereignty.-P. 216
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4. The Judiciary.-P. 222
(1) Introduction and Functions of the Judiciary.-P. 222
(2) The Independence of the Judiciary and the Separation of Powers .-P. 223
(3) The Relationship between the Crown and the Judiciary.-P. 224
(4) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.-P. 227

5. The Executive.-P. 228
(1) Legal Status and Powers of the Executive.-P. 228
(2) Formation, Accountability and Remuneration of the Administration.-P. 262
(3) Central Government: Departments and Members of the Government,
Legal Advisers and the Royal Household.-P. 289
(4) The Privy Council.-P. 362
(5) The Lord Privy Seal.-P.367
(6) Non-ministerial Departments .-P. 367
(7) Legal Representatives and Advisers of the Crown.-P.368
(8) The Officers of the Household.-P. 378
(9) The Civil Service .-P. 380
6. Revenue and Public Finance.-P. 425
(1) Basic Principles.-P. 425
(2) Sources and Collection of Revenue.-P. 428
(3) The Consolidated Fund and Issues of Public Money.-P. 431
(4) The National Loans Fund.-P. 451
(5) Relationship between the Consolidated Fund and the National Loans Fund .-P. 457
(6) The Contingencies Fund.-P. 457
(7) Government Trading Funds.-P. 458
7. Miscellaneous Functions of the Crown-P. 465
(1) The Making of Treaties-P.465
(2) The Foreign Compensation Commission - P.469
(3) The United Nations.-P. 473
(4) The Making of War and Peace.-P. 475
(5) Executive Powers in Emergencies.-P. 478
(6) Pardons and Reprieves.-P. 482
(7) The Granting of Honours.-P. 486
(8) Public Records.-P. 488
(9) Rights of the Crown in relation to Property.-P. 494
(10) Royal Grant.-P. 496
(11) Armed Forces.-P. 508
8. Formalities, Documents and Oaths.-P. 512
(1) Appointment to and Tenure of Offices.-P. 512
(2) Public Documents.-P. 517
(3) Oaths of Office and Judicial Oaths.-P. 525
9. Non-departmental Public Bodies and Information-gathering Institutions.-P. 529
(1) Non-departmental Public Bodies.-P. 529
(2) Information-gathering Institutions .-P. 533
Index.-P.539