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Text Cases and Materials Public Law and Human Rights
by (Editor: Helen Fenwick) (Editor: Gavin Phillipson)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Routledge-Cavendish (2003-08-01)
ISBN: 1859416551
EAN: 9781859416556
Dewy Decimal #: 342
Paperback: 1150 pages
Edition: 2
SKU: B914-A-1004
Condition: New
Comments: New & Shrinkwrapped. In stock - Immediate despatch from an efficient and professional leading British bookselling firm.
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Customer Reviews
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Excellent but Out of Date
Rating  (4)
Date: 2007-07-28
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a very thorough book, but as with all thorough books it is not for those new to (public) law. I bought this book at the very start of my first year LLB, but only picked it up and truly read it when I was revising for my exams. Before that I was always bogged down by unknown terms (e.g. referring to something as "Wednesbury unreasonable" 20 chapters before the term is explained).
With a decent background-knowledge from other books and the lectures, this was an excellent book to read and revise for the exams (in part, also, because I was honoured to have mr. Phillipson as a lecturer throughout the first half of the year).
The chapters are neatly written with a lot of attention to detail where necessary, the text is written in a logical order, it often gives helpful summaries and also gives the relevant case-extracts alongside the text - thus creating a textbook and casebook all in one.
However, the book is desperately out of date. How out of date? Well, it refers to the 'impending Iraq war'. Naturally, public law has evolved much since (and often because of) the beginning of the war (e.g. the debate about the Royal Prerogative to declare war, and a lot of debate about ministerial accountability to Parliament and what constitutes a lie or a misleading statement). There are thus also important parts missing from the book, such as the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.
There were rumours around the university that mr. Phillipson was working on a new - updated - edition, but I don't think that has been published yet (July 2007) - to the chagrin of many students who put off purchasing the book, opting to wait for the new edition.
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Best Book purchase I've made this academic year!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2003-12-04
4 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
Have found this book extremely useful for indepth explanation of many aspects of my Public Law module which makes up part of my LLB course. The range of articles it quotes from in particular make it an excellent source for differing opinions on many areas. Despite it's detail, it is not difficult reading. This text is well laid out, making good use of section headings, and is very up to date. I would recommend it without any hesitation to any Public Law / Administrative Law student who wishes to know more than the bare minimum required to pass.
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