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PART I: THEORETICAL PRINCIPLES; 1. Defining the constitution?; 2.Parliamentary sovereignty; 3. The rule of law and the separation of powers;4. The royal prerogative; PART II: THE INSTITUTIONS AND OPERATION OF NATIONALGOVERNMENT; 5. The House of Commons; 6. The House of Lords; 7. The electoralsystem; 8. Parliamentary privilege; 9. Constitutional conventions; PART III:THE GEOGRAPHICAL SEPARATION OF POWERS; 10. Local government; 11. The EuropeanEconomic Community 1957-1986; 12. The European Community after the SingleEuropean Act; 13. The government of Scotland and Wales; PART IV:ADMINISTRATIVE LAW; 14. Substantive grounds of judicial review; 15.Procedural grounds of judicial review; 16. Challenging governmentaldecisions: the process; 17. Locus standi; PART V: HUMAN RIGHTS; 18. Humanrights I: traditional perspectives; 19. Human rights II: emergent principles;20. Human rights III: new substantive grounds of review; 21. Human rights IV:the Human Rights Act 1998; 22. Human rights V: the impact of the Human RightsAct 1998; 23. Human rights VI: governmental powers of arrest and detention;24. Conclusion