This textbook provides a thorough and accessible introduction to the basic principles of United Kingdom Constitutional and Administrative Law, including Human Rights Law. It has been revised and updated to reflect recent developments, both legal and political. The fundamental concepts of UK Constitutional and Administrative Law are explained in a clear, engaging, succinct style, making them straightforward for students to understand so they build up their knowledge of the subject systematically and thoroughly.
This book is also an essential starting point for more advanced law students and a valuable source of legal context for political science students alike. Both authoritative and accessible, it enables the reader to appreciate the nature and complexity of this most fundamental part of our legal system.
New to this Edition:
- Updated content on Brexit, in particular the changing relationship between Government and Parliament as reflected in the various votes which have taken place over the past few years.
- Questions about the nature of parliamentary proceedings, the role and independence of the Speaker of the House of Commons, and the prerogative power to prorogue Parliament
- Issues more tangentially related to Brexit such as the process for appointment of a new Prime Minister and arrangements in hung parliaments
- Important issues in relation to the position of the devolved governments and legislatures vis-à-vis Westminster and more broadly on the implications for creation of a written constitution
- The continuing utility (or otherwise) of the Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011
This twelfth edition of Constitutional and Administrative Law provides a thorough and accessible introduction to the basic principles of these areas of Public Law, as well as Human Rights Law.
The text has been revised and updated to reflect contemporary developments in law and politics, including those relating to Brexit, devolution, prorogation and Coronavirus.
The book also provides a useful starting point for more advanced Law students, and is a valuable source of legal context for Political Science students. Useful features include case summaries, end-of-chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading and self-test exercises.
Keith Syrett is Professor of Health Law and Policy at the University of Bristol. His research primarily focuses on the confluence of law, political science and ethics with regards to public health policy.
John Alder is Emeritus Professor of Law at Newcastle University. His research interests include constitutional and administrative law, housing law and environmental law.
Syrett and Alder have maintained the high standards of previous editions and offer comprehensive coverage of the post-Brexit constitutional order without compromising on the level of detail. Students and lecturers will find useful seminar materials in the end of chapter exercises. This book has a permanent place on my Public Law bookshelf.
