Course curriculum

    1. Assessment objectives

    2. What is public law about?

    3. Key definitions

    4. Key legislation

    1. Overview of constitutional fundamentals and sources of the constitution

    2. What is a constitution?

    3. → What is a constitution MIND MAP

    4. Sources of the UK constitution

    5. → Sources of the UK constitution MIND MAP

    6. Core constitutional principles

    7. Constitutional conventions

    8. PRACTISE MCQs: Constitutional fundamentals and sources of the constitution

    1. Overview of parliament and parliamentary sovereignty

    2. The role and functions of the UK Parliament

    3. Personnel, structures, and accountability

    4. The doctrine of Parliamentary Sovereignty

    5. Parliamentary privilege

    6. → Parliamentary privilege MIND MAP

    7. PRACTISE MCQs: Parliament and parliamentary sovereignty

    1. Overview of devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

    2. Devolution in the United Kingdom

    3. → Devolution in the United Kingdom MIND MAP

    4. Scotland

    5. Wales

    6. Northern Ireland

    7. → Allocation of powers MIND MAP

    8. PRACTISE MCQs: Devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

    1. Overview of legitimacy, separation of powers, and the rule of law

    2. The Rule of Law

    3. → The Rule of Law MIND MAP

    4. The Separation of Powers

    5. The Executive

    6. The relationship between the branches of state

    7. PRACTISE MCQs: Legitimacy, Rule of Law and Separation of Powers

    1. Overview of public order law

    2. English public order law

    3. → English public order law MIND MAP

    4. Processions

    5. Assemblies

    6. The common law: breach of the peace

    7. → Breach of the peace MIND MAP

    8. PRACTISE MCQs: Public order law

    1. Overview of judicial review

    2. Introduction to Judicial Review in the English Legal System

    3. Procedure

    4. → Procedure MIND MAP

    5. Substantive grounds

    6. → Substantive grounds MIND MAP

    7. Illegality

    8. Irrationality

    9. Procedural impropriety

    10. Legitimate expectation

    11. Remedies

    12. → Remedies MIND MAP

    13. PRACTISE MCQs: Judicial review

    1. Overview of human rights law

    2. European Convention on Human Rights

    3. → ECHR MIND MAP

    4. Human Rights Act 1998

    5. Proceedings before the ECtHR

    6. → Proceedings before the ECtHR MIND MAP

    7. The Convention Rights

    8. The First Protocol to the ECHR

    9. PRACTISE MCQs: Human rights law

    1. Overview of retained EU law

    2. Introduction to retained EU law

    3. Sources of retained EU Law

    4. Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023

    5. → Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 MIND MAP

    6. Retained general principles of EU Law

    7. → Retained general principles of EU Law MIND MAP

    8. Challenges to and limitations of retained EU Law

    9. PRACTISE MCQs: Retained European Union (EU) law

    1. Instructions

    2. Constitutional and administrative law MOCK EXAMS

Constitutional and administrative law

  • 75 lessons
  • 60 minutes of video content
  • 15 mind maps

Constitutional and administrative law, made simple

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Instructors

James Richardson

Co-founder, Senior Lawyer & Academic Author

James is a highly experienced solicitor and academic legal author. He trained and qualified at major transatlantic firm Hogan Lovells, where he worked for years in their Commercial Litigation, Product Liability, and Insurance team. After stints in Hong Kong, Munich, and working as an M&A Underwriter, James moved in-house and is currently Head of Legal, Risk and Compliance at Insurtech scale-up Cuvva.

James also founded and ran Law Answered for a decade, where he published 42 critically-acclaimed revision guides for postgraduate law courses, which have helped tens of thousands of students through their exams.

Connect with James on LinkedIn via www.linkedin.com/in/jamrichardson

Jake Schogger

Co-founder, Lawyer & Education Expert

Jake Schogger is a best-selling commercial awareness author, ex-Magic Circle lawyer, co-founder of Law Student Academy, and the founder and CEO of legal careers platform Commercial Law Academy.

He trained at Freshfields, then spent years at a boutique law firm advising start-ups and scale-ups on a range of corporate, commercial and employment matters. He has also published eight books covering career development and legal education (including two best-sellers), worked extensively as a career coach, and delivered countless employability and skills presentations at leading universities and law firms across the UK.

Connect with Jake on LinkedIn via www.linkedin.com/in/jakeschogger

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