This chapter provides an overview of public law, introducing the key institutions, principles, and practices that characterise the constitutional arrangements of the United Kingdom.
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1. Public Law—An Introduction
Chapter
1. Public Law—An Introduction
This chapter provides an overview of the most fundamental aspects of public law, introducing the key institutions, principles, and practices that characterise the constitutional arrangements of the UK. The two main parts of public law are constitutional law and administrative law. Constitutional law is concerned with the overall constitutional structure by which a country is governed. Administrative law is concerned with the law, legal principles, and mechanisms used to check and control the exercise of governmental power. Public law is concerned with three things: public institutions; constitutional principles; and constitutional practices, that is, how those public institutions and constitutional principles work in practice.
