Monthly Archives: May 2011
Christopher McCrudden: Duties beyond borders: the external effects of our constitutional debates.
How far, if at all, should we take into account the effects of our internal constitutional debates on those outside the boundaries of the state? I’ve been thinking about this after taking part in two particularly interesting conferences in the … Continue reading
Filed under Constitutional reform, Human rights, Judiciary, UK Parliament
Aileen McHarg: Axa General Insurance Ltd v the Lord Advocate – Update
The insurance companies’ appeal against the Inner House of the Court of Session’s decision in Axa General Insurance Ltd v the Lord Advocate (discussed in a previous post) will be heard by a seven justice bench of the Supreme Court … Continue reading
Filed under Devolution, Scotland
UKCLG co-sponsored event: 13 June at SOAS on Nepal
Date: Monday 13 June Time: 5 p.m. Place: Room G51, Main Building, School of Oriental and African Studies, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG Constitution Drafting, State Restructuring And The Peace Process In Nepal: What Next? A roundtable discussion organised by … Continue reading
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Andrew Le Sueur: Reaching Middle England at Chelsea
People accidentally stumbling across this blog must think that we’re an intensive lot. But it’s not all “rules of the game” with no “game”. We all have hinterlands. Part of mine is gardening, even though anyone living in my London … Continue reading
Richard Ekins: Regulatory responsibility in New Zealand
The Parliament of New Zealand has been invited to consider an important proposal for constitutional change – the Regulatory Standards Bill 2011 (“RSB”) – which aims to improve the quality of lawmaking and hence to reduce the regulatory burden on … Continue reading
Filed under Comparative law, Judicial review
Jeff King: Should prisoners have the right to vote?
I think they should, and want to explain why in a way that addresses the issue recently faced by the courts and by Parliament. The prisoner voting saga culminated in the Hirst v UK (No.2) [2005] ECHR 681 case before … Continue reading
Filed under Human rights, UK Parliament
House of Lords Reform
The Government has published the House of Lords Reform Draft Bill. The proposals are still subject to consultation and parliamentary debate, but it seems that, at a minimum, the bulk of Lords will be directly elected (with 240 members elected, … Continue reading
Filed under Constitutional reform, UK Parliament
Conor Gearty: Max Mosley in Strasbourg
It is right that the feisty and courageous Max Mosley should have lost his recent case at Strasbourg. He was asking for simply too much. After all, he had already won his action for damages in the English courts, having … Continue reading
Filed under Human rights
Stephen Tierney: Britain wakes up to the referendum
The referendum has crept up on the British constitution. As late as 1997 it appeared to be a fairly exotic device used only for highly exceptional constitutional situations which also threatened a political split in the party of government. But … Continue reading
Filed under Constitutional reform, Devolution, Scotland
Aileen McHarg: SNP Wins Overall Majority in Holyrood
If the Labour Party supported Scottish devolution as a means of ‘dishing the Nats’, it is a tactic which has spectacularly backfired. At the fourth Scottish Parliament elections on 5 May, the Scottish National Party (SNP) won an overall majority … Continue reading
Filed under Devolution, Scotland
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