The Constitutional Balance
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- I. The Origins of this Book -- II. The Idea of 'Constitutional Balance' -- III. Managing the Constitution's Inherent Tensions -- IV. Sir John's Intellectual Legacy -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. The Vice of Ideology -- II. Three Aspects of the Human Condition -- III. Three Constitutional Fundamentals:The Constitutional Balance -- IV. The Scheme of the Book -- V. Reflections -- 1. The Rule of Law -- I. Two Meanings of the Rule of Law -- II. The Rule of Law - Where Next? -- III. Independent and Impartial Adjudication -- IV. Beyond the Thin Theory -- V. Unison v Lord Chancellor -- VI. Two Basics: Normative Statutory Interpretation and the Individual"s Autonomy -- VII. Possible Objections -- VIII. Examples -- IX. Conclusions -- 2. Democracy -- I. The Virtue of Democracy (1): Failed Candidates -- II. The Virtue of Democracy (2): Its True Virtue -- III. Referendums -- IV. Conclusion - Restraint -- 3. Two Moralities -- I. The Nature of the Two Moralities -- II. Trespass -- III. Justice -- IV. Postscript -- 4. The Common Law -- I. Constitutions -- II. Statute Law -- III. The Common Law and Statutory Interpretation -- IV. The Constitutional Balance -- V. The Methods of the Common Law -- 5. Reason, Fairness and the Presumption of Liberty -- I. Reason - Wednesbury and Proportionality -- II. Fairness - Ridge v Baldwin -- Legitimate Expectation -- III. The Presumption of Liberty -- IV. Postscript - Forerunners of Judicial Review -- 6. Finding the Edge: Judicial Deference -- I. Introductory Cases -- II. Lord Hoffmann in the ProLife Case -- III. Why Should the Courts Defer to Democratic Power? -- 7. Two Mistakes: Parliamentary Intent and the Ultra Vires Doctrine -- I. The Intention of Parliament -- II. The Ultra Vires Doctrine -- 8. The Sovereignty of Parliament -- I. Constitutional Statutes and Implied Repeal.