The European Union.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Outline Contents; Detailed Contents; Preface; Table of Cases; Table of UK and International Legislation; Table of Statutory Instruments; Table of Decisions, Directives, Regulations, Treaties and Conventions; PART 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION; 1 Introducing Constitutional Law; PART A: THE CONSTITUTION; Introduction; What is a Constitution?; Defining Constitutions; Classifying Constitutions; The Concept of Constitutionalism; PART B: A VERY LITTLE HISTORY; Introduction; Early Origins: 1066-1500; 1500-1700; 1700-1901; 1902-Present; PART C: THE UNITED KINGDOM.

IntroductionThe British Islands; The Islands and Europe; The European Union; The United Kingdom and the Commonwealth; Further Reading; 2 Sources of the Constitution; Introduction; Definitional Difficulties; Legal Sources; Non-Legal Sources of the Constitution; Summary; Further Reading; PART 2 FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONAL CONCEPTS; 3 The Rule of Law; Introduction; Contrasting Attitudes to the Rule of Law; Uncertainty in the Western Rule of Law; Natural Law and the Rule of Law; Social Contract Theory; Law and Order: The Obligation to Obey Law; Marxism and the Rule of Law.

Dicey and the Rule of LawFuller and the Rule of Law; Raz and the Rule of Law; Dworkin and the Rule of Law; Bingham and the Rule of Law; The Rule of Law and the Legal System; The Rule of Law in International Dimension; Summary; Further Reading; 4 The Separation of Powers; Introduction; Historical Development; The Contemporary Doctrine; Defining the Institutions; The Office of Lord Chancellor; The Supreme Court; The Relationship Between Executive and Legislature; Legislature and Judiciary; Executive and Judiciary; Summary; Further Reading; 5 The Royal Prerogative; Introduction.

The Prerogative DefinedThe Prerogative Before 1688; The Prerogative Today; The Prerogative Illustrated; The Prerogative and Domestic Affairs; Appointment of Prime Minister; The Royal Assent; The Granting of Honours; Defence and National Security; Issuing, Refusal or Withdrawal of Passports; The Protective Jurisdiction of the Courts in Relation to Minors; The Prerogative of Mercy; Power to Establish Non-Statutory Agencies; Regulation of the Civil Service; Regulation of the Armed Forces; Royal Fish and Swans and Treasure Trove; The Prerogative and Foreign Affairs.

Judicial Control of the PrerogativePolitical Control of the Prerogative; Reform of the Prerogative?; Summary; Further Reading; 6 Parliamentary Sovereignty; Introduction; Legal and Political Sovereignty; Sovereignty and Written Constitutions; Dicey and Sovereignty; Alternative Views on Sovereignty; Parliamentary Sovereignty and the European Union; Devolution and the Human Rights Act; The Emergence of the 'Constitutional Statute'; Shared, or Bi-Polar, Sovereignty?; Summary; Further Reading; PART 3 THE EUROPEAN UNION; 7 Structures and Institutions of the European Union; Introduction.

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