Unlocking Constitutional and Administrative Law

Authors Mark Ryan BA MA PGCE is Senior Lecturer in Law at Coventry University. He has over 17 years’ experience of teaching law at all levels, is a qualified barrister and has written a number of publications on constitutional law. Steve Foster LLM is Principal Lecturer at Coventry University and is an experienced author. Series Editors Chris Turner LLM is a qualified barrister and a Senior Lecturer in Law at Wolverhampton University. He has taught law at all levels and is an experienced author whose previous titles include Unlocking Contract Law and Unlocking Torts, both published by Hodder Education. Jacqueline Martin LLM has over ten years' experience as a practising barrister and has taught law at all levels. She is an experienced author whose titles include Unlocking Criminal Law, published by Hodder Education. Jacqueline Martin and Chris Turner are also series editors of the Key Facts and Key Cases series, both published by Hodder Education.

1. Introductory Concepts 2. Constitutions 3. The nature of the British constitution 4. The sources of the British constitution 5. The separation of powers 6. The rule of law 7. Parliamentary sovereignty 8. Parliament I: Nature, functions and privilege 9. Parliament II: The House of Commons 10. Parliament III: The House of Lords 11. The executive 12. Executive/parliamentary relations 13. The Judiciary 14. The decentralisation of public power 15. The European Union 16. The European Convention on Human Rights 17. The Human Rights Act 1998 18. Freedom of Speech 19. Judicial review I (rationale and procedure) 20. Judicial review II (grounds of review and remedies) 21. Grievance mechanisms