Constitutional law and human rights
- London Butterworths 1997
- 571p
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 10 Constitutional Law and Human Rights 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