Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
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Chapter one: Defining the constitution
- Thomas Jefferson (1776) The Declaration of Independence
- James Madison (1785) The Federalist Papers No. 10
- Alexander Hamilton (1785) The Federalist Papers No. 78
- Marbury v Madison (1803) 5 US 137 (United States Supreme Court)
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Chapter two: Parliamentary sovereignty
- Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway Co v Wauchope (1842) 1 Bell 278; 8 Cl & Fin 710; 8 ER 279.
- British Railways Board and Another v Pickin [1974] 1 All ER 608; [1974] AC 765
- Ellen Street Estates v Minister of Health [1934] 1 KB 590; [1934] All ER Rep 385; 150 LT 468
- Mortensen v Peters (1906) 14 SLT 227
- Attorney-General of New South Wales v Trethowan (1931) 44 CLR; (in the Australian High Court on appeal from the Supreme Court of New South Wales).
- Harris v Donges (Minister of the Interior) [1952] 1 TLR; (1952) 2 SA 428; in the Appellate Division of the South African Supreme Court.
- Bribery Commissioner v Ranasinghe [1965] AC 172; [1964] 2 All ER 785, [1964] 2 WLR 1301
- Treaty (Act) of Union 1707
- MacCormick v. Lord Advocate (1953) SC 396 - Inner House (first instance)
- MacCormick v. Lord Advocate (1953) SC 396 - Court of Session (on appeal)
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Chapter three: The rule of law and the separation of powers
- Entick v Carrington (1765) 19 St. Tr. 1030
- Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223
- Liversidge v Anderson and Another [1942] AC 207; [1941] 3 All ER 338
- London Tramway Co. v London County Council [1898] AC 375
- Harris v Minister of the Interior (no.2) (1952) 4 SA 769; in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa
- Collins v Minister of the Interior [1957] 1 SA 552 (AD); in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa.
- R v Inland Revenue Commissioners and others, ex parte Rossminster Ltd (CA) [1980] AC 952; [1979] 3 All ER 385
- R v Medical Appeal Tribunal, ex parte Gilmore [1957] 1 QB 574 (CA)
- Anisminic v Foreign Compensation Commission [1969] 2 AC 147; [1969] 1 All ER 208
- Practice Direction - Judicial Precedent [1966] 3 All ER 77 (HL)
- R v R (Rape: marital exemption) [1991] 4 All ER 481
- R v C [2004] EWCA Crim 292: [2004] 3 All ER 1: [2004] 1 WLR 2098 (CA).
- Re Spectrum Plus Ltd [2005] UKHL 41; [2005] 4 All ER 209
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Chapter four: The royal prerogative
- Godden v Hales (1686) 11 St Tr 1165
- The Bill of Rights 1689
- Attorney-General v De Keyser's Royal Hotel [1920] All ER 80; [1920] AC 508
- Laker Airways Ltd v Department of Trade [1977] 2 All ER 182; [1977] QB 643.
- R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Fire Brigades Union and Others [1995] 2 AC 513; [1995] 2 WLR 464.
- R v Allen (1862) 121 ER 929
- China Navigation Company Ltd v Attorney-General [1932] 2 KB 197
- R v Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, Ex parte Lain [1967] 2 All ER 770; [1967] 2 QB 864
- Hanratty and Another v Lord Butler of Saffron Walden (1971) SJ 382
- Gouriet v Union of Post Office Workers and others [1977] 3 All ER 70; [1978] AC 435.
- Council of Civil Service Unions and others v Minister for the Civil Service [1984] 3 All ER 935; [1985] AC 374.
- R v Foreign Secretary, ex parte Everett [1989] 2 WLR 224
- R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Bentley [1993] 4 All 442
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Chapter five: The House of Commons
- Chester v Bateson [1920] 1 KB 829
- The Statute of Proclamations 1534
- The Statutory Instruments Act 1946
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Chapter six: The House of Lords
- January 1910 - Herbert Asquith's election address
- December 1910: Herbert Asquith's election address
- Parliament Act 1911
- Life Peerages Act 1958
- Government white paper on House of Lords reform (1968) (Cmnd 3799)
- R (on the application of Jackson and others) v Attorney General [2005] EWCA CIV 126 (Court of Appeal)
- R (on the application of Jackson and others) v Attorney General [2005] UKHL 56 (HL)
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Chapter seven: The electoral system
- Parliament (Qualification of Women Act) 1918
- Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986
- Hipperson and others v Electoral Registration Officer for the District of Newbury [1985] 1 QB 1060; [1985] 2 All ER 456 (CA)
- Sanders and Another v Chichester and Another [1994] November 11 (QBD)
- R v Tronoh Mines and Others [1952] 1 All ER 697; 35 Cr App Rep 196
- Director of Public Prosecutions v Luft and Another [1976] 2 All ER 569, [1976] 3 WLR 32
- Curtice J. (2005) 'Turnout: electors stay home again' Parliamentary Affairs 776.
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Chapter eight: Parliamentary privilege
- Stockdale v. Hansard (1839) 9 Ad. & E. 1; 3.St.Tr.(N.s.) 723
- Case of the Sheriff of Middlesex (1840) 11 Ad & E 273
- Bradlaugh v Gossett (1884) 12 QBD. 271
- Pepper (Inspector of Taxes) v Hart [1993] 1 All ER 42
- R v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, ex parte Spath Holme Ltd [2001] 1 All ER 195
- R v Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, ex parte Al Fayed [1998] 1 All ER 93
- Hamilton v Al Fayed [1999] 3 All ER 317
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Chapter nine: Constitutional conventions
- Carltona v Commissioners of Works [1943] 2 All ER 560
- Attorney-General v Jonathon Cape [1976] QB 752
- Manuel v Attorney Genera l [1983] Ch 77
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Chapter ten: Local government
- Attorney-General v Aspinall [1835-42] All ER Rep 525
- Kruse v Johnson [1898] 1 2 QB 91
- Roberts v Hopwood [1925] All ER 24; [1925] AC 578
- Secretary of State for Education and Science v Tameside MBC [1976] 3 All ER 665; [1976] 3 WLR 641
- Bromley London Borough Council v Greater London Council and another [1982] 1 All ER 129
- Wheeler and others v Leicester City Council [1985] 2 All ER 151 (CA)
- Wheeler and others v Leicester City Council [1985] 2 All ER 1106 (HL)
- R v Lewisham London Borough Council, ex parte Shell UK Ltd [1988] 1 All ER 938
- Norwich City Council v Secretary of State for the Environment [1982] 1 All ER 737
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Chapter eleven: Parliamentary sovereignty within the European Union
- Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Tariefcommissie (case 26/62) [1963] ECR 1.
- Costa v ENEL (case 6/64) [1964] ECR 585 - ECJ
- Costa v ENEL (case 6/64) [1964] ECR 585 - Italian Constitutional Court
- Franz Grad v Finanzamt Traunstein (case 9/70) [1970] ECR 825
- Politi SAS. v Ministry for Finance of the Italian Republic (Case 43-71) [1971] ECR 1039.
- Internationale Handelsgesellchaft mbH v Einfuhr- & Vorratsstelle fur Getreide & Futtermittel (Case 11/70) [1970] ECR 1125; before the ECJ
- Syndicat Generale des Fabricants de Semoules [1970] CMLR 395 - (French Conseil d'Etat)
- Internationale Handelsgesellchaft mbH v Einfuhr- & Vorratsstelle fur Getreide & Futtermittel (Solange I) [1974] 2 CMLR; (German Federal Constitutional Court)
- Minister for Economic Affairs v SA Fromagerie Franco-Suisse 'Le Ski' [1972] CMLR 330; before the Belgian Cour de Cassation
- Administration des Dounaes v Societe Cafes Jacques Vebre Jacques Vabres [1975] 2 CMLR 336 - before the French Cour de Cassation
- Frontini v Minister delle Finanze [1974] 2 CMLR 372 (Italian Constitutional Court)
- Blackburn v Attorney-General [1971] 2 All ER 1380
- European Communities Act 1972
- Van Duyn v The Home Office (case 41/74) [1974] ECR 1337.
- Walrave v Koch (case 36/74) [1974] ECR 1405
- DeFrenne v Sabeena (case 43/75) [1976] ECR 455
- Administrazione Dealla Finanze dello Stato v Simmenthal (case 106/77) [1978] ECR 629
- Minister of the Interior v Daniel Cohn-Bendit [1980] 1 CMLR 543; (before the French Conseil D'Etat)
- Macarthys Ltd v Smith [1979] 3 All ER 325
- Garland v British Rail Engineering Ltd [1982] 2 All ER 402
- Marshall v Southampton Area Health Authority (case 152/84) [1986] ECR 723; [1986] 1 CMLR 688.
- Von Colson and Kamann v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (case 14/83) [1984] ECR 1891
- On the Application of Wunsche Handelsgesellschaft (Solange II) [1987] 3 CMLR 225; before the German Federal Constitutional Court
- Marleasing SA v La Commercial Internacional de Alimentacion SA (case C-106/89) [1990] ECR I-4135
- Francovich and Bonifaci v Italy (cases 6/90 and 9/90) [1991] ECR I-5357; [1993] 2 CMLR 66
- Duke v GEC Reliance Ltd [1988] 1 All ER 626
- Litster and others v Forth Dry Dock and Engineering Co Ltd and another [1989] 1 All ER 1134
- Factortame Ltd and others v Secretary of State for Transport [1989] 2 All ER 692
- Factortame Ltd and others v Secretary of State for Transport (No 2) (Case C-213/89) [1991] 1 All ER 70
- R v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte Factortame (no.2) [1991] 1 All ER 70 (House of Lords)
- Thoburn v Sunderland City Council and other appeals [2002] EWHC 195 Admin; [2003] QB 151; [2002] 4 All ER 156
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Chapter twelve: The governance of Scotland and Wales
- The Scotland Act 1998 s.1; s.28; s.29; s.101
- The Sewel Convention House of Lords Debates 21 July 1998 c. 791
- Martin v Most [2010] UKSC 10; 2010 SC (UKSC) 40
- AXA General Insurance v The Lord Advocate [2011] UKSC 46; [2012] 1 AC 868
- Imperial Tobacco v Lord Advocate [2012] UKSC 61; 2013 SC (UKSC) 153
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Chapter thirteen: Substantive grounds of judicial review 1: illegality, irrationality and proportionality
- Congreve v Home Office [1976] QB 629; [1976] 1 All ER 697.
- R v Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, ex parte World Development Movement Ltd [1995] 1 All ER 611
- Padfield and Others v Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Food and Others [1968] 1 All ER 694
- H Lavender and Son Ltd v Minister of Housing and Local Government [1970] 3 All ER 871
- British Oxygen Co Ltd v Minister of Technology [1970] 3 All ER 165
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries v Matthews [1949] 2 All ER 724
- Robertson v Minister of Pensions [1948] 2 All ER 767
- Lever (Finance) Ltd v Westminster Corporation [1970] 3 All ER 496
- Western Fish Products Ltd v Penwith District Council and another [1981] 2 All ER 204
- R v London Borough of Hillingdon, ex parte Royco Homes Ltd [1974] 2 All ER 643
- Brind and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [1991] 1 All ER 720
- R v Ministry of Defence, ex parte Smith [1996] 1 All ER 256; [1996] QB 517
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Chapter fourteen: Procedural grounds of judicial review
- Cooper v Wandsworth Board of Works [1863] 143 ER 414
- R v Metropolitan Police Commissioner, ex parte Parker [1953] 2 All ER 717
- Ridge v Baldwin and others [1963] 2 All ER 66
- Re K (H) (an infant) [1967] 1 All ER 226
- Schmidt and Another v Secretary of State For Home Affairs [1969] 1 All ER 904
- McInnes v Onslow Fane and another [1978] 3 All ER 211
- R v Hull Prison Board of Visitors, ex parte St Germain and others (No 2) [1979] 3 All ER 545
- Attorney-General of Hong Kong v Ng Yuen Shiu (Privy Council) [1983] 2 W.L.R. 735; [1983] 2 A.C. 629
- R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Khan [1985] 1 All ER 40
- R v North East Devon Health Authority, ex parte Coughlan [2000] 3 All ER 850
- Regina v Secretary of State for Education and Employment, ex parte Begbie (CA) [2000] 1 W.L.R. 1115
- R (on the application of Bibi) v London Borough of Newham; [2001] EWCA Civ 607; [2002] 1 WLR 237 (CA).
- R v East Sussex County Council, ex p Reprotech (Pebsham) Ltd (HL) [2002] UKHL 8; 2002] 4 All ER 58.
- Metropolitan Properties Co (F G C) Ltd v Lannon and Others [1968] 3 All ER 304
- R v Gough [1993] 2 All ER 724
- R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate and others, ex parte Pinochet Ugarte (No 2) [1999] 1 All ER 577
- Taylor v Lawrence [2003] QB 528
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Chapter fifteen: Challenging governmental decisions: the process
- Barnard and Others v National Dock Labour Board and Another [1953] 1 All ER 1113
- RULES OF THE SUPREME COURT ORDER 53 rule 1
- Heywood v Hull Prison Board of Visitors and another [1980] 3 All ER 594
- Supreme Court Act 1981
- O'Reilly v Mackman and others and other cases [1982] 3 All ER 1124
- Wandsworth London Borough Council v Winder [1984] 3 All ER 976
- Law v National Greyhound Racing Club Ltd [1983] 3 All ER 300
- R v East Berkshire Health Authority, ex parte Walsh [1984] 3 All ER 425
- R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Benwell [1984] 3 All ER 854
- R v Panel on Take-overs and Mergers, ex parte Datafin plc and another (Norton Opax plc and another intervening) [1987] 1 All ER 564
- Roy v Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster Family Practitioner Committee [1992] 1 All ER 705
- R v Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, ex parte World Development Movement Ltd [1995] 1 All ER 611
- Boddington v British Transport Police [1998] 2 All ER 203
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Chapter sixteen: Locus standi
- Boyce v Paddington Borough Council [1903] 1 Ch 109
- Gregory and Another v London Borough of Camden [1966] 2 All ER 196
- R v Thames Magistrates Court, ex parte Greenbaum [1957] LGR 129
- R v Greater London Council, ex parte Blackburn [1976] 3 All ER 184
- Supreme Court Act 1981
- Inland Revenue Commissioners and National Federation of Self-Employed and Small Businesses Ltd [1981] 2 All ER 93
- R v Felixstowe Justices, ex parte Leigh and another [1987] 1 All ER 551
- R v Secretary of State for the Environment, ex parte Rose Theatre Trust Co [1990] 1 All ER 754
- R v Inspectorate of Pollution and another, ex parte Greenpeace Ltd [1994] 4 All ER 329 (No 2)
- R v Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, ex parte World Development Movement Ltd [1995] 1 All ER 611
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Chapter seventeen: Human rights I: Traditional perspectives
- Brutus v Cozens [1972] 2 All ER 1297
- Malone v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (No 2) [1979] 2 All ER 620
- R v Brown and other appeals [1993] 2 All ER 75
- R v Lemon; R v Gay News Ltd [1979] 1 All ER 898
- Attorney General v Times Newspapers Ltd [1973] 3 All ER 54
- Blackshaw v Lord and another [1983] 2 All ER 311
- Malone v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [1979] 2 All ER 620
- R v Home Secretary, ex parte Brind [1991] 1 All ER 720; [1991] 1 AC 696
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Chapter eighteen: Human rights II: Emergent principles
- Malone v United Kingdom (1984) 7 EHRR 14
- Laskey, Jaggard and Brown v United Kingdom (1996) 24 EHRR 39
- Lingens v Austria (1986) 8 EHRR 407
- Derbyshire County Council v Times Newspapers Ltd and others [1992] 3 All ER 65 (CA)
- Sunday Times v United Kingdom (1979) 2 EHRR 245
- Gay News and Lemon v United Kingdom (1982) 5 EHRR 123.
- Wingrove v United Kingdom (1996) 24 EHRR 1
- X Ltd and another v Morgan-Grampian (Publishers) Ltd and others [1990] 2 All ER 1
- Goodwin v United Kingdom (1996) 22 EHRR 123
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Chapter nineteen: Human rights III: New substantive grounds of review
- Rustomjee v The Queen (1876) 2 QB D 69 (CA)
- Maclaine Wason and Co Ltd v Department of Trade and Industry [1990] 2 AC 418
- R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Leech [1994] QB 198, [1993] 4 All ER 539, [1993] 3 WLR 1125 (CA)
- R v Secretary of State for Social Security, ex parte Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants [1996] 4 All ER 385, [1997] 1 WLR 27529 HLR 129 (CA)
- M v Home Office and another [1994] 1 AC 377; [1993] 3 All ER 537
- Derbyshire CC v Times Newspapers Ltd [1993] 1 ALL ER 1011 (HL)
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Chapter twenty: Human rights IV: The Human Rights Act 1998
- Lord Chancellor's Department (1997) Rights brought home - excerpts
- The Human Rights Act 1998
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Chapter twenty-one: Human rights V: The impact of The Human Rights Act 1998
- R v A [2001] UKHL 25; [2002] 1 AC 45; [2001] 3 All ER 1; [2001] 2 WLR 1546
- Re S (Minors) (Care order: implementation of care plan) [2002] UKHL 10: [2002] 2 All ER 192
- Bellinger v Bellinger [2003] UKHL 21; [2003] 2 AC 467; [2003] 2 All ER 593
- Ghaidan v Mendoza [2004] UKHL 30; [2004] 2 AC 557; [2004] 3 All ER 411
- Aston Cantlow...Parochial Church Council v Wallbank and another [2003] UKHL 37, [2003] 3 All ER 1213
- R (on the application of Beer) v Hampshire Farmers Market Ltd [2004] 1 WLR 233
- Wainwright and another v Home Office [2003] UKHL 53, [2004] 2 AC 406, [2003] 4 All ER 969
- YL v Birmingham City Council and others [2007] UKHL 27, [2008] 1 AC 95
- R (SB) v Governors of Denbigh High School [2006] UKHL 15, [2007] 1 AC 100; [2006] 2 WLR 719
- Belfast City Council v Miss Behavin Ltd [2007] UKHL 19, [2007] 1 WLR 1420
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Chapter twenty-two: Human rights VI: Governmental powers of arrest and detention
- European Convention on Human Rights Art 5
- Guzzardi v Italy (1980) 3 EHRR 333
- R v Howell [1982] QB 416; [1981] 3 All ER 383
- Foulkes v Chief Constable of Merseyside [1998] 3 All ER 705
- DPP v Redmond-Bate (1999) 163 JP 789: [2000] HRLR 249
- Bibby v Chief Constable of Essex (2000) 164 JP 297; [2000] Po LR 107; The Times April 24 2000
- Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 ss 24-25; original versions
- Hough v Chief Constable of the Staffordshire Constabulary [2001] EWCA Civ 39
- Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 s 24A
- Christie v Leachinsky [1947] AC 573
- Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 s 28
- Kenlin v Gardner [1967] 2 QB 510; [1966] 3 All ER 931
- Albert v Lavin [1982] AC 546; [1981] 3 All ER 878
- McKee v Chief Constable for Northern Ireland [1984] 1 WLR 1358; [1985] 1 All ER 1
- Fox, Campbell and Hartley v United Kingdom (1990) 13 EHRR 157
- O'Hara v United Kingdom (2002) 34 EHRR 32
- Brogan v United Kingdom (1989) 11 EHRR 117
- A v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] UKHL 56; [2005] 2 AC 68
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Chapter twenty-three: Leaving the European Union
- Treaty of Lisbon Art 50
- The European Union Referendum Act 2015
- R (Miller and another) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [2016] EWHC 2768 (Admin) [2017] 2 WLR 583
- R (Miller and another) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [2017] UKSC 5; [2017] 2 WLR 583
- The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill 2017