Public Law

Mark Elliott is Professor of Public Law at the University of Cambridge and a former Legal Adviser to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution. Mark's research interests lie in UK constitutional law and English administrative law. He is the recipient of the University of Cambridge Pilkington Prize for excellence in teaching and is the author of a widely-read blog, Public Law for Everyone (www.publiclawforeveryone.com), that is aimed at public law scholars, current and prospective law students, policy-makers, and others who are interested in the subject. Robert Thomas is Professor of Public Law at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on administrative law. His book Administrative Justice and Asylum Appeals (2011) was awarded first prize by the Society of Legal Scholars Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship in 2011. Robert has acted as a specialist adviser to the House of Commons Constitutional Affairs Select Committee (2003-04). He is a member of the Administrative Justice Council. Robert has been awarded research funding by the Nuffield Foundation and the Economic and Social Research Council to fund empirical legal research into aspects of administrative law including immigration judicial reviews and administrative review processes. He has also undertaken consultancy work in China, Japan and Serbia on the development and design of administrative law in those countries. Robert is a visiting fellow at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.

Part I: Introduction to Public Law
1: Public law: an introduction
2: Constitutions and constitutional law
3: Themes, sources, and principles
Part II: The Constitution - Institutions and Principles
4: Separation of powers - an introduction
5: UK central government
6: The UK Parliament
7: The judiciary
8: Devolution and the territorial constitution
9: The European Union and Brexit
Part III: Good Governance - Scrutiny, Accountability, and Transparency
10: Good governance: an introduction
11: Parliamentary scrutiny of central government
Part IV: Judicial Review
12: Judicial review - an introduction
13: The grounds of judicial review
14: Judicial review - scope, procedures, and remedies
Part V: Administrative Justice
15: Ombudsmen and complaints
16: Tribunals
17: Public inquiries
Part VI: Human Rights
18: Human rights and the UK constitution
19: Freedom of expression
20: The right to protest
21: Policing--powers, accountability, and governance