Undergraduate

Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

Laws modules

Public law
[2690020 (Diploma); 2650020 (LLB)]  (amended syllabus)

(a) Introduction. Characteristics of the constitution. Sovereignty of Parliament. Separation of powers. Rule of Law. Sources of the constitution. The structure of the United Kingdom. Central government, devolution and local government.
(b) Parliament. House of Commons: Composition and functions: Electoral law and reform. Composition and procedure. Functions (i) Legislative (ii) Financial (iii) Control of the Executive (iv) Role of the MP as an individual (v) Parliamentary privilege. House of Lords:
Composition and functions.
(c) The Executive and Administration. Crown and the Privy Council. Prime Minister and the Cabinet. Civil Service. Sources of executive power including the Royal prerogative. Delegated legislation. Ministerial responsibility. Control of Executive power: (i) Parliamentary: Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration. (ii) Judicial: Judicial review. Remedies.
(d) The European Union. Institutions of the European Union: (i) The Council (ii) The Commission (iii) The Parliament (iv) The Court of Justice. Sources of Community law. Community law and national law.
Community primacy and Parliamentary sovereignty.
(e) The citizen and the state. Statutory protection of human rights in the United Kingdom. European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998. Public Order Law. State Security.