Mark Lazarowicz, Jean McFadden

The Scottish Parliament

Law and Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Fully updated in light of the 2012 and 2016 Scotland Acts and the Independence and Brexit referenda, this textbook gives students a rigorous introduction to the powers of the Scottish Parliament: how it makes laws, how it holds the Scottish Government to account and how its legislation and its actions can be scrutinised and challenged.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• 5th ed.
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9781474433747
• ISBN-10: 147443374X
• Artikelnr.: 49013034

Autorenporträt

Mark Lazarowicz is an Advocate in practice at the Scottish Bar. He has experience in public and administrative law, including housing, social welfare and immigration cases and a special interest in environmental law. He was Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North and Leith between 2001 and 2015, and prior to that was Leader of Edinburgh Council. He has written widely on a range of legal and public policy issues.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Cases; Table of Statutes; Table of Statutory Instruments
Preface
1. The Scottish Parliament: The Background
2. The Powers of the Parliament
3. Elections and Members
4. How the Parliament Works
5. Making Laws
6. The Scottish Government
7. Relations between Scotland and Westminster
8. Challenging the Legislation of the Parliament and the Actions of
Ministers
9. Legal Challenges in Practice
10. Finance
11. The European and International Dimensions
12. Reshaping Britain
Glossary of Terms
Further Reading
Index