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Constitutional & Administrative Law Notes

Term One – Constitutional Law:


1. Models of Constitutionalism (Political VS Common Law Constitutionalism) –
2021 Q3, 2022 Q2
2. Sources of the UK Constitution
3. Parliamentary Sovereignty – 2020 Q4, 2019 Q4
4. Rule of Law (Ouster clauses in Anisminic and Privacy International,
Definition of the Rule of Law) – 2022 Q5, 2020 Q8, 2018 Q1
5. Separation of powers – 2020 Q3, 2019 Q1
6. Accountability (Legal VS Political Accountability) – 2020 Q1
7. Ministerial Responsibility – 2020 Q1, 2019 Q2, 2018 Q4 (not entirely relevant)
8. Devolution
9. The UK and EU Before Brexit (Factortame, Thoburn) – 2020 Q4
10. The UK and EU After Brexit (Art 50, Miller) – 2022 Q2
11. Human Rights Act (S.3 and S.4) – 2021 Q5, 2022 Q4, 2020 Q5, 2018 Q6,
2018 Q8
12. Human Rights Reform and British Bill of Rights – 2019 Q5
13. Codification of UK Constitution – 2021 Q1
14. House of Lords Reform – 2019 Q3

Term Two – Administrative Law:


1. Red Light and Green Light theories of Judicial Review – 2019 Q6
2. Constitutional Foundations of judicial review
3. Scope of judicial review (Justiciability and Ouster clauses) – 2020 Q8
4. Standing & Remedies – 2022 Q3, 2020 Q9, 2019 Q7
5. Legality: Non-delegation and non-fettering principles
6. Legality: Relevancy
7. Legality: Propriety of purpose
8. Legality: Legitimate Expectations – 2022 Q1
9. Unreasonableness – 2020 Q2
10. Proportionality – 2019 Q8
11. Unreasonableness VS Proportionality – 2021 Q4, 2020 Q2
12. Procedural fairness: Rule against bias
13. Procedural fairness: Right to a fair hearing (Osborn) – 2020 Q10, 2019
Q9
14. Impact and effectiveness of judicial review: Value, Changing behaviour,
Accessibility
15. Ombudsmen – 2018 Q9
16. Tribunals – 2022 Q6
17. Inquiries – 2021 Q2, 2019 Q10, 2018 Q5

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