Turpin and Tomkins' British government and the constitution : text and materials / Alison L. Young, Sir David Williams Professor of Public Law, University of Cambridge.
2021
KD3989 .T87 2021 (Mapit)
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Author
Title
Turpin and Tomkins' British government and the constitution : text and materials / Alison L. Young, Sir David Williams Professor of Public Law, University of Cambridge.
Edition
Eighth edition.
Imprint
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Description
1 volume.
Series
Law in context.
Formatted Contents Note
The British constitutional order
The ideas of the constitution
Constitutional sources
Devolution and the structure of the UK
The European dimensions
Crown and government
The powers of government
Parties, groups and the people
Parliament and the responsibility of government
The courts : judicial review and liability
Liberty and the constitution.
The ideas of the constitution
Constitutional sources
Devolution and the structure of the UK
The European dimensions
Crown and government
The powers of government
Parties, groups and the people
Parliament and the responsibility of government
The courts : judicial review and liability
Liberty and the constitution.
Summary
"This book is concerned with the organisation, powers and accountability of government in the British constitution. It has always been written from a lawyer's perspective, modified by an awareness that the British constitution is far from being exclusively the handiwork of lawyers. Judges and other practitioners of the discipline of law have made a notable contribution to it, but so have political actors, controversialists of many hues, party organisations, peers, rebels in and out of Parliament and the legions of special interests. Yet lawyers sometimes pretend that the constitution is theirs, teaching and writing about it in myopic isolation. In updating this book, I have endeavoured to continue this tradition. Despite the fact that the UK constitution seems to have been continually in the news, studying the UK constitution can often seem strange and abstract to students. This book endeavours to make the UK constitution relevant, placing it in its historical context whilst also using contemporary examples to demonstrate how far the UK constitution has an impact on the day to day lives of those living in the UK. It is impossible to understand the UK constitution without a grasp of the law, found in statutes and case law. It is equally impossible to understand the British constitution without an evaluation of constitutional principles and ideas, or of how the constitution operates in practice"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Editions
Revision of: Turpin, Colin. British government and the constitution. 7th ed. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Young, Alison L. Turpin and Tomkins' British government and the constitution Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021
Call Number
KD3989 .T87 2021
Language
English
ISBN
9781108707381 (paperback)
9781108752268 (ebook)
1108707386
9781108622165 (PDF ebook)
9781108752268 (ebook)
1108707386
9781108622165 (PDF ebook)
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