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UNIVERSITY OF LONDON LA1020 ZB

DIPLOMA IN LAW/CertHE COMMON LAW

LLB
DIPLOMA IN THE COMMON LAW
BSc DEGREES WITH LAW

Public law

Friday 4 May 2018: 10.00 – 13.15

Candidates will have THREE HOURS AND FIFTEEN MINUTES in which to

answer the questions.

Candidates must answer FOUR of the following EIGHT questions.

Candidates must answer all parts of a question unless otherwise stated.

Permitted materials
Students are permitted to bring into the examination room the following
specified document: one copy of Core Statutes on Public law & Civil Liberties
(Palgrave Macmillan).

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1. Consider the claim that the rule of law is the ultimate controlling factor
on which the UK constitution is based, and that the courts have a part to
play in defining the limits of Parliament’s legislative sovereignty.

2. Discuss the claim that codifying the unwritten elements of the UK

constitution would have minimal impact on day-to-day politics.

3. Discuss calls to reform the prerogative powers of the Crown, and the
legal and political mechanisms that already limit their exercise.

4. Discuss the ways in which constitutional conventions are recognised and

enforced and assess the need for reform.

5. Consider the proposition that the institutional architecture of the

European Union reflects the tension between supranationalism and
intergovernmentalism that lies at the heart of the EU.

6. Explain the significance on the subsequent development of judicial

review of ONE of the following cases:

(a) Associated Provincial Picture Houses v Wednesbury Corporation

(1948)

(b) Ridge v Baldwin (1964)

(c) Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service
(1984)

7. Discuss how the courts have developed section 3 and section 4 of the
Human Rights Act 1998.

8. Consider the principles upon which the House of Lords is presently

composed and the desirability of future reform.

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