Constitutional and Administrative Law

Sovereignty of Parliament - Lord Justice Laws in Thoburn v Sunderland City Council (2003) - section 1 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 - R v O'Brian Military Camp [1984] - Attorney General for New South Wales and Trethowan [1932] - Supreme Court decision in Harris v Minister of Interiors [1962] - Lord Stein and Baroness in Jackson v Attorney General (2006)

Rule of Law - Talks about what the Rule of Law is. Government according to law: 1) Strand v Bradley (1952) 2) Lord Denning in Congrieve v Home Office 3) Lord Templeman in M v Home Office 4) Lord Mustil Judges in more recent times have made the following assertions about the Rule of Law: 1). Lord Stein in R in Application of Anderson v Secretary of State (2003). 2). Lord Hoffman in Matthews v Ministry of defence (2003). 3). Lord Phillips in R v Immigration Appeal Tribunal. Threats to constitut...

On 29/09/2014 in my 2nd year of the law degree I wrote up my notes on the lecture on the module 'Constitutional and Administrative Law'. Common Law - Talked about binding rules where judgements in senior courts have made a vital contribution of constitutional law. Acts of Parliament - Thoburn v Sunderland City Council [2003]. - Magna Carta is bill of rights - union with Scotland act 1706 dealing with electoral law - Human rights 1998 - Scotland Act 1998 - Government of Wales Act 1998 Lord J...