The Constitutional Balance (Hardcover)

Foreword Preface Table of Cases Table of Legislation Introduction I. The Vice of Ideology II. Three Aspects of the Human Condition III. Three Constitutional Fundamentals: The Constitutional Balance IV. The Scheme of the Book V. Reflections 1. The Rule of Law I. Two Meanings of the Rule of Law II. The Rule of Law - Where Next? III. Independent and Impartial Adjudication IV. Beyond the Thin Theory V. Unison v Lord Chancellor VI. Two Basics: Normative Statutory Interpretation and the Individual's Autonomy VII. Possible Objections VIII. Examples IX. Conclusions 2. Democracy I. The Virtue of Democracy (1): Failed Candidates II. The Virtue of Democracy (2): Its True Virtue III. Referendums IV. Conclusion - Restraint 3. Two Moralities I. The Nature of the Two Moralities II. Trespass III. Justice IV. Postscript 4. The Common Law I. Constitutions II. Statute Law III. The Common Law and Statutory Interpretation IV. The Constitutional Balance V. The Methods of the Common Law 5. Reason, Fairness and the Presumption of Liberty I. Reason - Wednesbury and Proportionality II. Fairness - Ridge v Baldwin; Legitimate Expectation III. The Presumption of Liberty IV. Postscript - Forerunners of Judicial Review 6. Finding the Edge: Judicial Deference I. Introductory Cases II. Lord Hoffmann in the ProLife Case III. Why Should the Courts Defer to Democratic Power? 7. Two Mistakes: Parliamentary Intent and the Ultra Vires Doctrine I. The Intention of Parliament II. The Ultra Vires Doctrine 8. The Sovereignty of Parliament I. Constitutional Statutes and Implied Repeal II. The Nature of Parliamentary Sovereignty III. Assaults on the Constitutional Balance IV. Auctoritas and Imperium 9. Human Rights, Free Thought and Expression I. Human Rights II. Free Thought and Expression Index