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Bristol LLB Law ยท Year 1

Bristol Public Law

Public Law is a Year 1 module on the University of Bristol LLB Law. The constitutional relationship between the citizen, Parliament, the executive and the courts โ€” and the grounds on which government action can be challenged.

What Public Law covers

  • Parliamentary sovereignty
  • The rule of law and separation of powers
  • The royal prerogative
  • Judicial review โ€” illegality, irrationality, procedural impropriety
  • The Human Rights Act 1998
  • Devolution

How to revise Public Law at Bristol

Start from the leading cases โ€” every public law answer turns on them. Brief each one (facts, issue, held, ratio), then practise applying it to past-paper questions under timed conditions. Our case library has a plain-English brief for each of the leading authorities. When you write a practice answer, run it through Quill for exam-grade feedback grounded in the case law, and cite everything with the free OSCOLA generator.

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