British Government and the Constitution: Text and Materials

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Cambridge University Press, 28 juin 2007
The first five editions of this well established book were written by Colin Turpin. This new edition has been prepared jointly by Colin Turpin and Adam Tomkins. This edition sees a major restructuring of the material, as well as a complete updating. New developments such as the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 and recent case law concerning the sovereignty of Parliament, the Human Rights Act, counter-terrorism and protests against the Iraq War, among other matters, are extracted and analysed. While it includes extensive material and commentary on contemporary constitutional reform, Turpin and Tomkins is a book that covers the historical traditions and the continuity of the British constitution as well as the current tide of change. All the chapters contain detailed suggestions for further reading. Designed principally for law students the book includes substantial extracts from parliamentary and other political sources, as well as from legislation and case law. As such it is essential reading also for politics and government students. Much of the material has been reworked and with its fresh design the book provides a detailed yet accessible account of the British constitution at a fascinating moment in its ongoing development.
 

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Table des matières

Preface
xvii
Abbreviations
xxiii
Table of Statutes
xlii
Table of European Treaties
liii
Constitutional reform
21
d A written constitution?
29
a Diceyan orthodoxy
42
Separation of powers
103
d EU law in the United Kingdom
315
Crown and government
345
Central government
366
g The civil service
416
The powers of government
428
Parties groups and the people
493
Political parties
539
Parliament and the responsibility of government
565

lawmaking
112
Accountability
132
Constitutional sources
138
Devolution and the structure of the United Kingdom
180
The countries of the United Kingdom
192
d Northern Ireland
228
iv Devolution under the Northern Ireland Act 1998
237
conclusions
243
b Functions of local authorities
252
The European Union
278
The House of Lords
642
judicial review and liability
654
Tribunals
716
Liberty and the Constitution
727
Liberty and the Human Rights Act 1998
739
Freedom of expression
772
Freedom of assembly
796
Index
819
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Colin Turpin is a Fellow of Clare College and Emeritus Reader in Public Law at the University of Cambridge.

Adam Tomkins is the John Millar Professor of Public Law at the University of Glasgow. His previous books include Public Law (2003), Our Republican Constitution (2005) and European Union Law: Text and Materials (2006).

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