Constitutional and Administrative Law notes

Summary notes for English Constitutional Law covering: Nature/Sources of the Constitution, Parliament, Executive, Devolution, Parliamentary Sovereignty, Rule of Law, and Human Rights. Notes from Oxford Law Student who graduated in 2018.

Revision. Full course. Constitutional Law. Nature and Sources of the UK constitution. Parliament. The roles of parliament. Parliamentary Reform? House of Lords Reform? Powers of the Executive? Separation of Powers. Rule of Law. Parliamentary Sovereignty. Human Rights. Nature and Sources of Human Rights. Protection of Human Rights

What is the role of Parliament? What functions does Parliament serve? Should Parliament be reformed? Should the House of Lords be reformed?

What is Parliamentary Sovereignty? Does Parliamentary Sovereignty still exist? Is Parliament still sovereign? How does the EU affect parliamentary sovereignty?

How does English Law protect Human Rights? How well protected are human rights? What is the relationship between s.3 and s.4 of the HRA 1998

What is the executive? What does the executive do? What are the power's of the executive? Is the executive subject to law? The Separation of Powers

What is the Rule of Law? Substantive vs Formal Conceptions of the Rule of law? Joseph Raz, Lord Bingham, A.V Dicey and other's on the Rule of Law

What are Human Rights? Where do Human Rights come from? What is the affect of the ECtHR on UK Law?

The nature and sources of the UK constitution. What is the UK constitution? Where does the UK constitution come from? Does the UK have a constitution?