Publisher's Synopsis
This is the 30th anniversary of the first publication of this book. Its purpose has been unaltered, namely to provide students (who lack the guidance of any single document embodying the British Constitution) with a full picture in short compass of the whole area covered by our constitutional law.;Since the publication of the last edition legislation of constitutional importance has included the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, the County Courts Act 1984, the Local Government Acts 1985 and 1988, the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, the Interception of Communications Act 1985, the Hong Kong Act 1985, the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, the Public Order Act 1986, the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1987, the Local Government Finance Act 1988, the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989, the Security Services Act 1989, the Employment Act 1989, the Representation of the People Act 1989 and the Official Secrets Act 1989.;Political developments influencing legal institutions, such as the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985, and some significant decisions in the courts have necessitated the virtual rewriting of the sections of the book on civil liberties and public order, local government, and Northern Ireland, as well as substantial portions of the chapters dealing with Parliament, the Executive and judicial review.
