Library Guides: Law: Public Law, Inquiries & Tribunals

Top Sites for Public Law

Some Useful articles on Judicial Review. Find the full text in the Electronic journals

Waldron J, 'The Core of the Case Against Judicial Review' (2006) 115 Yale LJ 1346
Lever A, 'Is Judicial Review Undemocratic? [2007] PL 280
Anthony G, 'Public Interest & the 3 Dimensions of Judicial Review' (2013) 64 NILQ 125
Richard H Fallon, Jr, ‘The Core of an Uneasy Case For Judicial Review’ (2008) 121 Harv LR 1693–736
T.T. Arvind and Lindsay Stirton The curious origins of judicial review. 2017 133(Jan), LQR 91-117

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
Investigates complaints that individuals have been treated unfairly or have received poor service from government departments and other public organisations and the NHS in England. See particularly the Reports and Consultations section for full text infomation
Northern Ireland Ombudsman
Some of this site is still under development but see the Publications section on the lower right hand side of screen for an annual digest of information from the Ombudsman including a summary of cases. Also available on the Publications page is the booklet: 'Alternative to Court in Northern Ireland'
Ombudsman remedies: creative hybrid or curate’s egg?
Paper by John Halford and Caroline Robinson hosted on the Public Law Project website.
Alternatives to Court in Northern Ireland - Jack Anderson and NI Ombudsman
Published by Northern Ireland Ombudsman, Law Centre (NI) and Queen’s University Belfast

The Institute for Government has written a useful overview explaining the role and impact of Public Inquires in the socio-political life of the UK.

Institute for Government - Public Inquiries Explainer
How Public inquires can Lead to Change
From the Institute for Government. Covers how public inquires (and other statututory and non-statutory investigations) can effect change in society. Includes an appendix listing public inquiries in the UK 1990-2017 and a bibliography giving full details of each.

The Oxford University Press Online Resources Centre contains chapter updates and useful articles and weblinks for a range of core books, including Public, Constitutional and Administrative Law.

Public Law by Andrew Le Sueur; Maurice Sunkin; Jo Eric Khushal Murkens
ISBN: 9780198820284

Publication Date: 2019 4th ed.
Textbook on Administrative Law, 8th ed. by Leyland and Anthony
ISBN: 0198713053

Publication Date: 2016
Judicial Review in Northern Ireland 2nd ed. by Gordon Anthony
ISBN: 9781849462617

Publication Date: 2014

The focus of the book is on case law that is unique to Northern Ireland, and the book identifies some important differences between principle and practice in Northern Ireland and England and Wales.

Blog from the UK Constitutional Law Group