About the Book

Praise for the last edition:

'Comprehensive, regular up dates and the students like it! Why change a winner!', Michael Doherty, University of Glamorgan.

'Readable, comprehensive, interesting - makes constitutional law a vibrant topic for students', Sue Jenkins, Aberstywyth University

'Complete, precise and clear ... extremely suitable', Caroline Fournet, Exeter University

'Packed with relevant, informative detail and analysis', Sarah Willis, University of Northampton

Barnett's Constitutional and Administrative Law is now firmly established as one of the leading undergraduate textbooks on Public law. This new edition is published at a time of continuing constitutional development and reform. Membership of the European Union has expanded from fifteen to twenty-five states. House of Lords reform is ongoing, and the office of Lord Chancellor has been reformed. The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 establishes a new Supreme Court and introduces a new system of judicial appointments. Other significant areas of reform discussed include the police and police powers, asylum and immigration law and the law relating to state security.

Written in a clear and understandable style, this new edition remains comprehensive as well as comprehensible, providing a thorough exposition of the major features of the United Kingdom's constitution and recent developments. Consciously designed to meet the needs of students undertaking a constitutional and administrative law course, whether full or part time, it offers ample coverage of the syllabus drawn from a wide range of sources.