British overseas territories law / Ian Hendry and Susan Dickson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hendry, I. D., author.

Contributor:

Dickson, Susan, 1964- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--Great Britain--Colonies.

Constitutional law.

Law--Great Britain--Colonies.

Law.

Great Britain--Colonies--Administration.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This is a manual of law and practice relating to the 14 remaining British overseas territories: Anguilla; Bermuda; British Antarctic Territory; British Indian Ocean Territory; Cayman Islands; Falkland Islands; Gibraltar; Montserrat; Pitcairn Islands; St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands; Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus; Turks and Caicos Islands; and Virgin Islands. Most, if not all, of these territories are likely to remain British for the foreseeable future, and many have agreed modern constitutional arrangements with the British Government. This book provides a comprehensive description of the main elements of their governance in law and practice, and of the constitutional and international status of the territories. It describes their constitutional relationship with the United Kingdom, and goes on to deal with legislative, executive and judicial authority and controls, their sources of law and human rights protection in the territories. It considers the Offices of the Governor and the Law Officers of the Territories. It analyses defence, security and emergency powers in the territories; the nationality and status of people 'belonging' to them; their public finance arrangements; their relationship with the European Union; and the conduct of their external relations. It examines the position of the territories under international law, including their relationship with the United Kingdom in that context and the United Kingdom's international responsibility for them, and contains a description of the means of terminating British sovereignty over them. An Annex sets out key features of each territory in turn, describing briefly its history, status, constitutional structure, courts, law, economy and, in some cases, regional integration."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Constitutional arrangements

3. The Office of Governor

4. Legislative authority and controls

5. Executive authority and controls

6. Judicial authority

7. The law officers

8. Sources of law

9. Human rights in the territories

10. Defence, public order and security, and emergency powers

11. Nationality and belonger status

12. Public finance

13. External relations

14. The territories in international law

15. The territories and the European Union

16. Termination of British sovereignty.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613231628

9781847318091

1847318096

9781472565433

1472565436

9781283231626

128323162X

9781847316356

1847316352

OCLC:

746747249