The Constitutional Legitimacy of Law Officers in the United Kingdom
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The Constitutional Legitimacy of Law Officers in the United Kingdom

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Constitutional Legitimacy of Law Officers in the United Kingdom

About this book

This book provides a detailed account of each law officer's functions and draws on that account as the basis for a conceptual analysis of their constitutional legitimacy. In recent years, the constitutional legitimacy of law officers has been questioned repeatedly because of recurring controversies surrounding the discharge of their varied functions. Indeed, it has become increasingly clear that those functions enable law officers to play a highly influential part in the regulation and exercise of public power throughout the United Kingdom. McCormick argues that the most persuasive framework for analysing the offices which make up this diverse regime involves concentrating on the constitutional values of independence, accountability and trust which underpin it. Both aspects of the book – namely the explanation of individual functions and the conceptual analysis of collective legitimacy – are written in a holistic way which encompasses critical analyses about the Attorney General and Solicitor General for England and Wales; the Counsel General for Wales; the Lord Advocate, Solicitor General and Advocate General for Scotland, as well as the Attorney General and Advocate General for Northern Ireland.

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Information

Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781509944156
eBook ISBN
9781509944125
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Preface
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Table of Cases
  6. Table of Statutes
  7. Table of Statutory Rules and Instruments
  8. 1. Introduction
  9. 2. Conceptualising Law Officers in the UK Constitution
  10. 3. The Attorney General and Solicitor General for England and Wales
  11. 4. The Counsel General for Wales
  12. 5. The Lord Advocate, Solicitor General and Advocate General for Scotland
  13. 6. The Attorney General and Advocate General for Northern Ireland
  14. 7. Constitutional Controversy and Law Officer Legitimacy
  15. 8. Conclusions
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index
  18. Copyright Page