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"Ten editions in fifty four years is an excellent record for any book and is a sure pointer to its command of a good market both within the student and professional academic community. This edition will do nothing to diminish that appeal"
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This book is clearly written, logically structured and draws upon an extensive range of source materials ... the authoritative tone and sheer comprehensiveness of Bradley and Ewing continue to make it an essential student text STUDENT LAW REVIEW
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you are contemplating or reading law in your first year and find constitutional law as one of your "core" subjects then find yourself in awe of a magnificent learning tool. This book is a perfect compliment to this area of law. Informative, thought-provoking, critically analytical and thankfully digestible...
However, those students intent on learning administrative law in detail should seriously consider a dedicated Admin law text as constitutional writers tend mainly to focus on the constitution giving small siginificance to the vastness of admin law.
This book coupled with Ian Loveland's Constitutional law : A critical analysis, form a perfect marriage in this discipline added to the fact a pre-requisite cases and materials text as suggested by Amazon will enchance your understanding of case law relevance.
Lastly don't forget to obtain as many up to date articles as part of your research as you can manage...Finally good luck and try to read the book once you've purchased it!
However, those students intent on learning administrative law in detail should seriously consider a dedicated Admin law text as constitutional writers tend mainly to focus on the constitution giving small siginificance to the vastness of admin law.
This book coupled with Ian Loveland's Constitutional law : A critical analysis, form a perfect marriage in this discipline added to the fact a pre-requisite cases and materials text as suggested by Amazon will enchance your understanding of case law relevance.
Lastly don't forget to obtain as many up to date articles as part of your research as you can manage...Finally good luck and try to read the book once you've purchased it!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
'Constitutional and Administrative Law' by Bradley and Ewing is what I would call basic textbook reading. Use this book to get an understanding of the basic law, and then supplement it with a good dose of essay-reading and other books (see, for example, that essential collection of public law essays 'The Changing Constitution' by Jowell and Oliver and 'Public law' by Adam Tomkins)
Part of the difficulty is that the textbook follows a certain pattern which might differ from the one used by your own professor during lectures. As such you will have to try and find order in the book. While it is often very thorough, there are some topics that are so essential for a student to grasp that I would say the book needs more information on it. For example, the 'written but codified' status of the constitution is a given essay-question on every exam and could thus use a more thorough analysis (cf. Public Law by Adam Tomkins) and the impact of human rights on judicial review receives barely two pages of text while on my exam there was a question along the lines of "discuss the effect of human rights on judicial review".
I was honoured to have professor Ewing as my professor of public law, and found that his lectures on police powers, human rights and the terrorism acts were much more informative (and much more useful from a problem-solving/essay-writing point-of-view) than his textbook.
It is a shame that the humour, vigour and passion for the subject shown by professor Ewing during his lectures did not translate as clearly to his textbook.
Overall I would strongly advise students to read this to get an understanding of the basic questions in public law, and to then go out and visit the library. To a student this might sound a bit off-putting, but public law is very much a political subject and there are thus a variety of opinions on the different topics, it is thus often a joy to read the essays and papers.
Part of the difficulty is that the textbook follows a certain pattern which might differ from the one used by your own professor during lectures. As such you will have to try and find order in the book. While it is often very thorough, there are some topics that are so essential for a student to grasp that I would say the book needs more information on it. For example, the 'written but codified' status of the constitution is a given essay-question on every exam and could thus use a more thorough analysis (cf. Public Law by Adam Tomkins) and the impact of human rights on judicial review receives barely two pages of text while on my exam there was a question along the lines of "discuss the effect of human rights on judicial review".
I was honoured to have professor Ewing as my professor of public law, and found that his lectures on police powers, human rights and the terrorism acts were much more informative (and much more useful from a problem-solving/essay-writing point-of-view) than his textbook.
It is a shame that the humour, vigour and passion for the subject shown by professor Ewing during his lectures did not translate as clearly to his textbook.
Overall I would strongly advise students to read this to get an understanding of the basic questions in public law, and to then go out and visit the library. To a student this might sound a bit off-putting, but public law is very much a political subject and there are thus a variety of opinions on the different topics, it is thus often a joy to read the essays and papers.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is really the number one choice for Constitutional Law students. Well structured, easy to understand book that somehow manages to keep the subject interesting despite the subject matter.
Dont settle for anything less, BUY IT!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Very hard to read
Book is terrible hard to read, I wish I never brought it, if you are taking public law in your first year stay away from this book!!!
Published 2 months ago by Shah
Perfect
This Book came in excellent condition and in good time. I have no complaints. Excellent!
Published 19 months ago by Gifted716
Most Authoratative Source on the Subject
Provides a very comprehensive coverage of the subject area, together with depth in all areas. Very good material on the unwritten constitution and the sovereignty of Parliament. Read more
Published on 11 April 2009 by Charlie Bear
It's a bit weighty but I like it
I was a bit put off by the sheer size of this book but then all the other 'good' constitutional law books were of similar size so perhaps this is the level of detail that is needed... Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2007 by Matt_G
Informative but boring
Actually, '3 stars' is not a suitable rate for this book as it can either be '5 stars' or '1 star' --meaning you will either love it or hate it. Read more
Published on 13 Oct 2004 by Vowpailin Chovichien
now the leading authority on the subject
i bought this book in order to study my first year public law course as part of my llb. it is an exceptionally thorough book that gives you a very secure grounding in the subject. Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2004
Boring
I found this book far too boring to use effectively. I found I did everything to avoid working from this text. Read more
Published on 6 May 2003
Useful but not truely necessary
This a very useful reference material for constitutional law students. However it is not necessary to own it, another less comprehensive but more readable textbook will be... Read more
Published on 25 Sep 2001
Not the most interesting book, but it was never meant to be
This book is largely accepted as the definitive guide to constitutional and administrative law. It doesn't make for very good bedtime reading but is noetheless informative and... Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2000
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