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100	1		_aMcCormick, Conor _eauthor. _9125435
245	1	4	_aThe constitutional legitimacy of law officers in the United Kingdom / _cConor McCormick.
264		1	_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bHart, _c2022.
300			_axxii, 250 pages
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aBased on author's thesis (doctoral - Queen's University of Belfast, 2019).
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Conceptualising law officers in the UK Constitution -- The Attorney General and Solicitor General for England and Wales -- The Counsel General for Wales -- The Lord Advocate, Solicitor General and Advocate General for Scotland -- The Attorney General and Advocate General for Northern Ireland -- Constitutional controversy and law officer legitimacy -- Conclusions.
520			_a"This book provides a detailed account of each law officer's functions and draws on that account as the basis for a conceptual analysis of their constitutional legitimacy. In recent years, the constitutional legitimacy of law officers has been questioned repeatedly because of recurring controversies surrounding the discharge of their varied functions. Indeed, it has become increasingly clear that those functions enable law officers to play a highly influential part in the regulation and exercise of public power throughout the United Kingdom. McCormick argues that the most persuasive framework for analysing the offices which make up this diverse regime involves concentrating on the constitutional values of independence, accountability and trust which underpin it. Both aspects of the book - namely the explanation of individual functions and the conceptual analysis of collective legitimacy - are written in a holistic way which encompasses critical analyses about the Attorney General and Solicitor General for England and Wales; the Counsel General for Wales; the Lord Advocate, Solicitor General and Advocate General for Scotland, as well as the Attorney General and Advocate General for Northern Ireland"--
530			_aAlso available in print.
650		0	_aAttorneys general _zGreat Britain. _955095
776	0	8	_iElectronic version: _z9781509944125
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