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

The GOV.UK website contains the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration.

A Brexit timeline, flowcharts and a key developments tracker can be found here.

Cabinet Manual 2011

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

Constitutions

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

Devolved bodies

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

European Union

The European Union website contains information on EU law and EU institutions.

For the European Parliament, see this website.

Government

For current members of the Cabinet, see here. Use this site for details of government departments and organisations.

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

Human Rights

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

The website for the European Court of Human Rights contains detail about the Court itself and its cases, and a helpful range of factsheets on Convention rights. For guides to the court, see ‘The ECHR in 50 questions’ and ‘Overview 1959-2017’.

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

Judicial review

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.

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

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

You will find the site of the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary here.

For the Supreme Court, including details of current cases, see here.

For details about the work of the Judicial Appointments Commission, see this website.

Legislative process

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

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

See here for a diagram of the English Votes for English Laws process.

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

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

Police

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

Tribunals

This site shows details of the current tribunals organisation.

UK Parliament

The UK Parliament website 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.

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

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

Commentary

For topical information and updates on Constitutional Law, see the UK Constitutional Law Association website.

The UK Human Rights Blog provides commentary on a wide range of legal and constitutional issues.