Table of Contents

Part I: The Constitutional Framework
1: Jeffrey Jowell: The rule of law
2: Mark Elliott: The principle of parliamentary sovereignty in legal, constitutional and political perspective
3: Colm O'Cinneide: Human rights and the UK constitution
4: Paul Craig: Britain in the European Union
5: David Feldman: The internalization of public law and its impact on the UK
Part II: The Institutional Context
6: Philip Norton: Parliament: a new assertiveness?
7: Richard Rawlings: A coalition government in Westminster
8: Andrew Le Sueur: The foundations of justice
9: Brice Dickson: Devolution
10: Ian Leigh: The changing nature of the local state
Part III: Regulation and the Constitution
11: Dawn Oliver: Regulating politics in government
12: Tony Posser: Regulation and legitimacy
13: John McEldowney: Public expenditure and the control of public finance
14: Patrick Birkinshaw: Regulating information

About the Author

Jeffrey Jowell, Director of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law and Professor Emeritus, University College London, Dawn Oliver, Emeritus Professor of Constitutional Law, University College London, Colm O'Cinneide, Reader in Law, University College London

Reviews

`Review from previous edition Since it's first publication in 1985, Jowell and Oliver has been widely regarded as an important supplement to recommended textbooks for constitutional law, addressing constitutional development and reform by distinguished academics. This new edition is arguably no exception.
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The Law Quarterly Review