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Author Allan, T. R. S. (Trevor R. S.), author.

Title The sovereignty of law : freedom, constitution, and common law / T.R.S. Allan.

Publication Info. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013.

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource (361 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Constitution and constitutionalism -- Constitutional convention : practice and principle -- The rule of law : freedom, law, and justice -- Parliamentary sovereignty : authority and autonomy -- Legislative supremacy and the rule of law -- Constitutional foundations of judicial review -- Judicial review and judicial restraint -- Democracy, fundamental rights, and common law.
Summary An original account of the British constitution, this text explains how the requirements of constitutional law depend on underlying considerations of legal and political theory and defends an account of the British constitution as a source of individual freedom, grounded in a persuasive interpretation of the common law constitutional tradition.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Constitutional law -- Great Britain.
Constitutional law.
Great Britain.
Rule of law -- Great Britain.
Rule of law.
Judicial review of administrative acts -- Great Britain.
Judicial review of administrative acts.
Common law -- Great Britain.
Common law.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Allan, T.R.S. (Trevor R.S.). Sovereignty of law. First edition. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013 9780199685066 (DLC) 2013937735 (OCoLC)828140207
ISBN 9780191508141 (electronic book)
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