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The Rt Hon the Lord Clyde and Denis J Edwards, JUDICIAL REVIEW Edinburgh: W Green, 2000. Scottish Universities Law Institute, lxvii and 726 pp (incl index). ISBN 0 414 01173 2 (hb). £150.

The Rt Hon the Lord Clyde and Denis J Edwards, JUDICIAL REVIEW Edinburgh: W Green, 2000. Scottish... 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 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Edinburgh Law Review Edinburgh University Press

The Rt Hon the Lord Clyde and Denis J Edwards, JUDICIAL REVIEW Edinburgh: W Green, 2000. Scottish Universities Law Institute, lxvii and 726 pp (incl index). ISBN 0 414 01173 2 (hb). £150.

Edinburgh Law Review , Volume 6 (2): 261 – May 1, 2002

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1364-9809
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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

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