Fundamentals of UK Constitutional Law

📋 Course Outline

1. Module learning outcomes and assessment
2. UK constitution features and key values
3. Public law and constitutionalism definitions
4. Sources of the Constitution: statutes
5. Sources of the Constitution: case law
6. Sources of the Constitution: delegated legislation
7. Sources of the Constitution: royal prerogative orders
8. Non-legal sources: conventions and sanctions
9. Non-legal sources: jurists and academic works
10. Non-legal sources: party rules and parliamentary custom

📖 1. Module learning outcomes and assessment

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Constitutional and Administrative Law I : A first module that builds core knowledge and skills for studying constitutional and administrative legal topics.
• Module learning outcome MLO1 : A learning target focused on applying constitutional and administrative legal concepts, rules, and principles to legal questions.
• Module learning outcome MLO2 : A learning target focused on spotting legal problems within varied factual scenarios in constitutional and administrative contexts.
• Module learning outcome MLO3 : A learning target focused on independent, ongoing self-study of constitutional and administrative legal concepts using technological skills.
• Module learning outcome MLO4 : A learning target focused on producing constitutional and administrative legal solutions both orally and in writing.

📝 Essential Points