(Ebook) Briefcase on Constitutional & Administrative Law (Briefcase Series) by David Herling ISBN 9781859417607, 1859417604

(Ebook) Briefcase on Constitutional & Administrative Law (Briefcase Series) by David Herling ISBN 9781859417607, 1859417604

The "Briefcase" series is designed for undergraduate law students to assist with understanding the essential principles of key cases in each subject area. The simple and easy to follow layout includes a summary of key cases and relevant legislation under various topic areas, which can be read in conjunction with larger texts. The "Briefcase" series provides useful summaries for students new to the topic as well as a refresher for those revising for exams. "Briefcase on Constitutional Administrative Law" provides students with digests of the essential cases in the subject area, along with relevant statutory material. Since the last edition was published, the Human Rights Act 1998 has come into force and this edition therefore includes a number of important new cases dealing with the application of the European Convention on Human Rights as part of English law. These include the following topics: Interplay of domestic law with the Convention: Douglas v Hello! Ltd (2001) and Venables and Thompson v News Group Newspapers (2001); The making of declarations of incompatibility: R (on the Application of Alconbury Developments Ltd) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (2001) and R v Shayler (2002); Privacy: A v B (A Company) (2002), Campbell v Mirror Group Newspapers (2002) and Douglas and Zeta Jones v Hello! Ltd (2003); and Parliamentary privilege: Attorney General v Jones (1999) and Hamilton v Al Fayed (1999)