Web Links

There are numerous web links in the book, but you may find the following links helpful generally.

Brexit

www.gov.uk/government/publications/withdrawal-agreement-and-political-declaration

This site contains the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration.

A Brexit timeline, flowcharts and a key developments tracker can be found at: uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com

 

Cabinet Manual 2011

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/60641/cabinet-manual.pdf

The Cabinet Manual is an invaluable and readable point of reference and can be found at this link.

 

Constitutions

www.constituteproject.org/

This website provides details of constitutions across the world and is good for comparative purposes.

 

Devolved bodies

www.parliament.scot/

www.assembly.wales/

www.niassembly.gov.uk/

These are the websites for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Assembly.

 

European Union

https://europa.eu/european-union/index_en

This is the European Union website and contains information on EU law and EU institutions.

For the European Parliament, see www.europarl.europa.eu

 

Government

For current members of the Cabinet, see www.gov.uk/government/ministers

www.gov.uk/government/organisations

Use this site for details of government departments and organisations.

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk

This site contains a wealth of commentary, reports and information about government and Parliament in the UK, including Brexit and devolution.

 

Human Rights

www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Convention_ENG.pdf

Here, you can find a copy of the European Convention on Human Rights and additional Protocols.

www.echr.coe.int/

This is the website for the European Court of Human Rights and contains detail about the Court itself and its cases, and a helpful range of factsheets on Convention rights. For guides to the court, see www.echr.coe.int/Documents/50Questions_ENG.pdf  and www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Overview_19592017_ENG.pdf

www.coe.int/en/web/about-us/do-not-get-confused

This site is useful to avoid confusion about the Council of Europe and other institutions.

 

Judicial review

www.gov.uk/government/publications/administrative-court-judicial-review-guide

See this site for the most recent version of The Administrative Court Judicial Review Guide, which provides clear, detailed information on the Judicial Review process.

www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/rules/part54

Here, you will find the Civil Procedure Rules Part 54 which relates to judicial review.

www.gov.uk/government/publications/judge-over-your-shoulder  

On this site, you can find the Government Legal Department, ‘Judge over your shoulder: A guide to good decision making’, the guide for civil servants on judicial review principles of good administration and fairness.

 

Judiciary

www.judiciary.uk/

This is the site of the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary.

For the Supreme Court, including details of current cases, go to: www.supremecourt.uk

For details about the work of the Judicial Appointments Commission, see: www.judicialappointments.gov.uk

 

Legislative process

www.legislation.gov.uk

Go to this site for statutes and statutory instruments. It includes legislation from the devolved administrations.

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-the-parliamentary-counsel

This site contains details on the work of the Office of Parliamentary Counsel in drafting legislation.

http://evel.uk/how-does-evel-work/

www.parliament.uk/about/how/laws/bills/public/english-votes-for-english-laws/

 

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

www.ombudsman.org.uk/

To find out more about the PHSO, see this site and in particular, the ‘About us’ tab.

 

Police

www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-powers-and-procedures-in-england-and-wales-201112-user-guide  

This Home Office User Guide to Police powers and Procedures, provides background detail on PACE powers.

 

Tribunals

www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications/tribunals-organisation-chart/

This site shows details of the current tribunals organisation.

 

UK Parliament

www.parliament.uk/

This is a mine of information. Go to this site to find out more about how law is made, the current progress of Bills, select committee reports, and how Parliament works.

https://www.parliament.uk/business/commons/

For details on the work of the House of Commons, see this site.

www.parliament.uk/business/lords/

This website contains current information about the work of the House of Lords

 

Commentary

For topical information and updates on Constitutional Law, see: https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/

https://ukhumanrightsblog.com/

This website provides commentary on a wide range of legal and constitutional issues.

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