Includes bibliographical references (p. x-xiii) and index.

Getting started with public law -- Legitimacy in the constitution : parliamentary supremacy and the rule of law -- Distributing, separating, and balancing powers -- Protecting constitutional rights -- Case study : reforming the Lord Chancellor -- Government and accountability in the United Kingdom -- Exercise and control of executive power in the European Union -- Prerogative powers and case study on the deployment of armed forces abroad -- Primary legislation -- Delegated legislation -- European Union treaties and legislative processes -- Case study : what happens when the Commons and Lords disagree -- The judiciary and the judges -- Administrative justice : tribunals and ombudsmen -- Judicial review -- Using human rights in United Kingdom courts -- European Union law in the United Kingdom courts.