An Introduction to Constitutional Law

ISBN-13: 9780198762546 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 216 str.

Eric Barendt

Opis

This introduction discusses the general principles of the United Kingdom constitution from a critical, comparative perspective. It emphasizes the principal characteristics of this uncodified constitution, contrasting it with the documentary constitutions of the United States, France, and Germany. There are fewer checks of the power of government in the UK than there are under those constitutions, where courts may review the constitutionality of legislation.

Recenzje

In a welcome addition ot the constitutional law and political sciences libraries, Barendt's IAn Introduction to Constitutional LawI provides a critical overview of the principles and structure of the United Kingdom constitution. / Barendt makes interesting references to the constitutions of other nations./ Diana Woodhouse, Parliamentary Affairs, April 1999.

O autorze

Eric Barendt is Goodman Professor of Media Law at University College London. His publications include Freedom of Speech (1987), Broadcasting Law (1995), and Libel and the Media (1997), all published by Oxford University Press.