Parliament and the Law
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Parliament and the Law
(Second Edition) is an edited collection of essays, supported by the
UK's Study of Parliament Group, including contributions by leading
constitutional lawyers, political scientists and parliamentary
officials. It provides a wide-ranging overview of the ways in which the
law applies to, and impacts upon, the UK Parliament, and it considers
how recent changes to the UK's constitutional arrangements have affected
Parliament as an institution. It includes authoritative discussion of a
number of issues of topical concern, such as: the operation of
parliamentary privilege, the powers of Parliament's select committees,
parliamentary scrutiny, devolution, English Votes for English Laws,
Members' conduct and the governance of both Houses. It also contains
chapters on financial scrutiny, parliamentary sovereignty, Parliament
and human rights, and the administration of justice. Aimed mainly at
legal academics, practitioners, and political scientists, it will also
be of interest to anyone who is curious about the many fascinating ways
in which the law interacts with and influences the work, the
constitutional status and the procedural arrangements of the Westminster
Parliament.
