Key Ideas in Law: The Rule of Law and the Separation of Powers

ISBN-13: 9781509938773 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 192 str.

Jack Beatson; Nicholas J. McBride

Opis

Written by a leading public law scholar, this book considers the role of the rule of law and the separation of powers in light of the events following the 2016 referendum.

Recenzje

The evidence Beatson marshals - of constitutional strains unprecedented in modern times . - is sufficiently troubling to merit for his book a wider audience than the students, scholars and practitioners of law for whom it is principally intended . By explaining the mechanical underpinnings of the largely invisible vehicle that we call our constitution, Beatson has written a valuable manual for anyone who needs to keep it running or who simply wishes to discharge a civic duty by seeking to comprehend it. Lord David Anderson KC Literary Review

Spis treści

1. Overview 2. Formal and Substantive Conceptions of the Rule of Law 3. Dicey's Rule of Law and the Twentieth-Century Critiques 4. Accessibility of Law 5. Avoiding Arbitrariness 6. Access to Justice 7. An Independent and Impartial Judiciary 8. The Separation of Powers and the Balance of Responsibilities 9. Enabling Majorities and Protecting Minorities in Our Democracy

O autorze

Jack Beatson was a High Court Judge between 2003 and 2013 and a Lord Justice of Appeal between 2013 and 2018. He was previously a Law Commissioner and Rouse Ball Professor of English Law at the University of Cambridge, UK, and is now Visiting Professor at Oxford University, UK.