Leading Works in Public Law

Patrick O'Brien, Ben Yong

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9780367076962
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780429663956
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Administrative Law
• Index: Law

This book brings together a group of leading scholars working in public law and constitutional theory. It examines accepted leading works of public law while also exploring those that deserve greater attention. Over 13 chapters, a group of leading public law experts each examine one leading work from the UK public law canon. Each chapter critically reflects on the context of a work in public law, taking into account not just the work and its context but also how it shapes and contributes to the broader discipline. The final chapter offers an international overview of the chapters themselves, reflecting critically on the scholarly canon of UK public law from the perspective of American constitutional scholarship. The book will be of interest to scholars and students of constitutional law.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Introduction
• 1 Albert Venn Dicey, The Law of the Constitution
• 2 Ivor Jennings, The Law and the Constitution
• 3 Adam Tomkins, Our Republican Constitution
• 4 Martin Loughlin, Public Law and Political Theory
• 5 Michael Foley, The Silence of Constitutions: Gaps, ‘Abeyances’ and Political Temperament in the Maintenance of Government
• 6 William Wade, ‘The Basis of Legal Sovereignty’
• 7 The Human Rights Act 1998
• 8 Alison L Young, Parliamentary Sovereignty and the Human Rights Act
• 9 Terence Daintith and Alan Page, The Executive in the Constitution: Structure, Autonomy, and Internal Control
• 10 Carol Harlow, ‘Public Law and Popular Justice’: Standing: The Window into Accountability and Participatory Democracy
• 11 Stanley de Smith, Judicial Review of Administrative Action
• 12 The European Communities Act 1972
• 13 Aileen McHarg, ‘Unity and Diversity in the United Kingdom’s Territorial Constitution’
• 14 It’s Dicey’s World. Can We Escape It?
• Index