Public Law
Throughout
the twentieth century the LSE led the way in the
development of public law scholarship in Britain.
The pioneering work was undertaken during the
interwar era by H.J. Laski, W.I. Jennings and W.A.
Robson; many of the ground-breaking texts covering
the range of constitutional and administrative law
and promoting a distinctively 'modern' or
'functionalist' approach to the subject were written
by these leading scholars. This distinctive approach
was built upon and extended after 1945 by such
scholars as S.A. de Smith, J.A.G. Griffith, J.D.B.
Mitchell and Carol Harlow. In short, most of the
leading scholarly texts in British public law have
been written by LSE scholars. This tradition of
innovation is today carried on by a strong team of
scholars working on questions of both theory and
practice in constitutional and administrative law
(Martin Loughlin, Jo Murkens, Thomas Poole,
Grégoire Webber, Mike Wilkinson),
regulation (Robert Baldwin, Julia Black, Andrew
Scott), and human rights law (Conor Gearty, Kai
Möller, Grégoire
Webber).
Public Law for Undergraduates
Our undergraduate (LLB) courses include:-
Public Law for Postgraduates
Public law specialisations as part of the LLM programme include:-
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Comparative Constitutional Law: Institutions
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Comparative Constitutional Law: Rights
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Constitutional Theory
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Environmental Protection in the European Union: Law and Policy Developments:
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European Union Law and Government
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European Union Law in a Global Context
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International Protection of Human Rights
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Introduction to Regulation
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Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
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Law of Human Rights in the United Kingdom
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Legal Regulation of Information Technology
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Media Law: Regulating Publication
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Media Law: Regulating Newsgathering
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Mental Health Law
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Policing and Police Powers
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The Principles of Civil Litigation
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Regulation : Legal and Political Aspects
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Terrorism and the Rule of Law
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Public Law : Landmark Texts
Laski, Foundations of Sovereignty (1921)
Robson, Justice and Administrative Law (1928)
Robson, The Development of Local Government (1931)
Laski, Studies in Law and Politics (1932)
Jennings, Law and the Constitution (1933)
Jennings, Cabinet Government (1936)
Griffith, Principles of Administrative Law (1952: with Harry Street)
Mitchell, The Contracts of Public Authorities (1954)
de Smith, Judicial Review of Administrative Action (1958)
Robson, Nationalised Industry and Public Ownership (1960)
De Smith, The New Commonwealth and its Constitutions (1964)
Griffith, Central Departments and Local Authorities (1966)
Griffith, Parliamentary Scrutiny of Government Bills (1974)
Griffith, The Politics of the Judiciary (1977)
Harlow, Law and Administration (1984: with Rawlings)
Griffith, Parliament: Functions, Practices and Procedures (1989: with Ryle)
Harlow, Pressure Through Law (1992: with Rawlings)
Harlow, Accountability in the European Union (2002)
Public Law : Monographs of Current Staff
Baldwin, Regulation and Public Law (W&N, 1987, with McCrudden)
Baldwin, Rules and government (OUP 1995)
Baldwin, Understanding regulation : theory, strategy, and practice (OUP, 1999)
Baldwin, The Government of Risk (OUP 2001,with C. Hood and H. Rothstein)
Baldwin, Understanding Regulation 2nd edn. (2012) Oxford University Press (with M.Cave and M. Lodge).
Baldwin, The Oxford Handbook of Regulation (2010) Oxford University Press (ed. with M.Cave and M. Lodge).
Black, Rules and Regulators (OUP, 1997)
Black, Regulatory Innovation: A Comparative Analysis (Edward Elgar, 2005); co-edited with M. Lodge and M. Thatcher
Gearty, Freedom under Thatcher: civil liberties in modern Britain (OUP, 1990 with Ewing)
Gearty, Terror (Faber, 1991)
Gearty, (ed) Terrorism (Dartmouth, 1996)
Gearty, The Future of Terrorism (Orion, 1997)
Gearty, The struggle for civil liberties : political freedom and the rule of law in Britain, 1914-1945 (OUP, 1999, with Ewing)
Gearty, Principles of Human Rights Adjudication (OUP, 2004)
Gearty, Can Human Rights Survive? (CUP, 2006)
Gearty, Civil Liberties (Oxford, 2007)
Gearty, Essays on Human Rights and Terrorism (2009)
Gearty, The Rights Future (www.therightsfuture.com)
Gearty, (with Virginia Mantouvalou) Debating Social Rights (Hart, 2011)
Loughlin, Foundations of Public Law (OUP, 2010)
Loughlin, Local Government in the Modern State (Sweet & Maxwell, 1986)
Loughlin, Public Law and Political Theory (OUP, 1992 )
Loughlin, Legality and Locality. The Role of Law in Central-Local Government Relations (OUP,1996)
Loughlin, Sword and Scales: An Examination of the Relationship between Law and Politics (Hart, 2000)
Loughlin, The Idea of Public Law (OUP, 2003)
Murkens (with Le Sueur and Sunkin), Public Law (OUP 2010)
Scott, Carter-Ruck on Libel and Privacy (Butterworths, 2010) with Doley et al.
Scott, Broadcasting (Lexis Nexis 2011)
Webber, G. The Negotiable Constitution: On the Limitation of Rights (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009)
