Constitutional and Administrative Law

Catalog description

In Law Schools throughout the world 'constitutional and administrative law' - also referred to as 'Public Law' - is concerned primarily with the legal rules and processes that structure and regulate a country's government. In addition, in this course, we pay equal attention to the study of the historical and contemporary social and political facts and values which qualify the function of such rules. Studying the public law together with the key political facts and values that determine its real function is particularly appropriate in the UK because its constitution, unlike most other countries', is neither codified in a single, legally binding document nor considered to be supreme law that could override the Parliament's will. Instead, the UK parliament is considered entirely free to legislate on any subject matter. Part One will focus on constitutional law and its general structure in the UK, and Part Two will focus on administrative law and judicial review. NOTE: This course may be used in place of the Legal Studies required course LAW-UH 2010 , Legal Institutions.