Public law : text, cases, and materials / Lisa Webley, Harriet Samuels.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Introduction and constitutional principles -- What is public law? -- Constitutional organisations, institutions, and roles -- The nature of the British constitution -- The rule of law -- The separation of powers -- The Crown and Royal prerogative -- Part 2. Parliamentary supremacy -- Parliamentary supremacy : the theory -- Membership of the European Union -- Human rights -- Devolution -- Part 3. Responsible government -- Executive power and accountability -- The role of constitutional conventions -- The parliamentary commissioner for administration -- Part 4. Judicial review -- The role of the courts, judicial review, and human rights -- The parties to a judicial review : who can make a claim for judicial review and against whom can a claim for judicial review be made? -- Illegality -- Irrationality and proportionality -- Procedural impropriety -- Remedies -- A case study : human rights, terrorism, and public law principles -- Judicial review : putting it all together in problem answers.