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B - CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES
(i) Democracy
(ii) Parl Sov
(iii) Sep of powers
(iv) Rule of law
INSTANCES OF JUDICIAL ACTIVISM UNDER THE UK CONSTITUTION
STATUTORY INTERPRETATION
(i) The principle of legality
ex p Simms; Evans; Unison
(ii) Ouster clauses
Anisminic; Privacy International; R (Oceana); R (LA (Albania))
(iii) s3 HRA
R v A; - Ghaidan
DEVELOPING THE COMMON LAW
(i) General development
of the common law
a) Re leaving the subject matter to the legislature
Malone
b) Where it involves controversial or socially sensitive issues
Gillick; Bland
c) Where it involves criminalising behaviour
Shaw; R v R
(ii) The Royal Prerogative
a) GCHQ
b) Ther Miller cases
PARLIAMENTARY SOVEREIGNTY
(i) The effect of EU law
(ii) Constitutional statutes
(iii) Jackson v Attorney General
(iv) Lord Carnwath's obiter in Privacy International
A - ADDRESSING THE QUESTION
(i) The concept of judicial activism
ii) Is the UK constitution plagued by judicial activism that is unnecessary, ill-conceived, and constitutionally illegitimate?