Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.
Reviews EdiriLR Vol 6 pp 261-262 The Rt Hon the Lord Clyde and Denis J Edwards, JUDICIAL REVIEW W Green, 2000. Scottish Universities Law Institute, lxvii and 726 pp (incl index). Edinburgh: ISBN 0 414 01173 2 (hb). £150. The main contributions to the literature of public law in Scotland between 1945 and 1970 were books by Lord Fraser and Professor Mitchell on constitutional law. These were published before the expansion (or explosion) of administrative law that marked the last thirty years of the twentieth century. That expansion was nurtured by the comparison between English and Scots law made in cases on such matters as public interest immunity in the law of evidence (Glasgow Corporation v Central Land Board 1956 SC (HL) 1 and Conway v Ritnnier [1968] AC 910), the extent to which statutes bind the Crown (Lord Advocate v Dumbarton DC [1980] 2 AC 580) and relief against the Crown (MvHome Office [1982] QB 270 and McDonald v Secretary of State for Scotland 1994 SLT 692). Often the comparison revealed an advantage in the Scottish system. Certainly, in public law matters the House of Lords has benefited from the fact that it includes judges from both
Edinburgh Law Review – Edinburgh University Press
Published: May 1, 2002
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.