John Alder ; with contributions from Michael Haley, Barry Hough, Richard Mullender
3rd ed
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire :
Macmillan,
1999
xxvi, 470 pages ;
22 cm
Macmillan law masters
Previous edition: 1994
Includes bibliographical references (pages 448-465) and index
General principles. The purposes of constitutional law ; The character of the UK constitution ; The structure of the UK constitution : an overview ; Constitutionalism : the rule of law and the separation of powers ; Parliamentary supremacy ; The geographical division of powers ; The UK constitution and the European Union -- Governmental institutions. Parliament ; The composition of Parliament ; Parliamentary procedure ; The crown ; Ministers and departments ; The police and the armed forces -- The citizen and the state. Judicial review of the executive ; Civil liberties : general principles and the Human Rights Act 1998 ; Freedom of expression and competing private interests / Richard Mullender ; Prior restraint and censorship ; Police powers of arrest and search in the investigation of crime / Michael Haley ; National security, state secrecy and emergency powers