| CODE | PBL1018 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Constitutional Law and Administrative Law | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Public Law | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Within the context relevant to policing, the study-unit will provide the notions on Constitutional Law, Administrative Law and on Fundamental Human Rights as obtaining within the Constitutional and Administrative Law of Malta describing the main functions of the State, the powers and functions of the Legislature, the Judiciary and the Executive with a review of the constitutional doctrines of the Separation of Powers and the Rule of Law with a review of the notion of the supremacy of the Constitution. Attention will be given to the administrative remedies under the law of Judicial Review of particular relevance to the Policing. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims to introduce the general principles of Maltese Public Law to the candidates of the Diploma leading to their better understanding the constitutional and administrative background to policing and the holistic environment in which the activity of policing takes place within Public Law. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Relate to fundamental notions of the State in relation to policing skills; - Acquire the general notions of Constitutional and Administrative Law; - Apply the general notions of Public Law and particularly of Constitutional and Administrative Law within a regime of the Fundamental Human Rights; - Relate the general notions described above to the other academic areas undertaken in the Diploma. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Apply and put in their proper context the notions acquired in the Diploma of Policing with the general context of Maltese Public Law; - Research in the course of applying policing practices, notions involving Constitutional and Administrative Law; - Relate to the general Constitutional notions of Fundamental Human Rights. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - O. Hood Phillips and Jackson, Constitutional and Administrative Law, 8th ed, Sweet and Maxwell, 1999. - I. Loveland, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and Human Rights: A critical Introduction, Oxford University and Press, 2012. - J. J. Cremona, The Maltese Constitution And Constitutional History Since 1813, Publ. Enterprises Group, 1997. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Tonio Borg |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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