Author Archives: UKCLG blog editors
Reminder of UKCLG-sponsored meeting on Monday 21 May 2012, 6 pm
The event is organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of London, the Devolution Club, the UK Constitutional Law Group, the Federal Trust, London Metropolitan University, and the Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development.
Filed under Comparative law, Devolution, Events
UKCLG meeting: The referendum in the United Kingdom, 21 May 2012, 6 pm
UK Constitutional Law Group’s next meeting is on “The Referendum in the United Kingdom” (The 7th Italian-British Constitutional Conversation) Monday 21 May 2012, 6 pm Italian Cultural Institute of London, 39 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8NX Foreword: Alessandro TORRE , … Continue reading
Filed under Constitutional reform, Devolution, Events
Jacob Rowbottom: Cash for access and the problems of party funding
Following the Sunday Times cash for access sting, political parties are reported to be putting negotiations on reforming party funding on the fast track. Such discussions among the parties do not have a good record of success. The breakdown … Continue reading
Filed under Constitutional reform, Human rights, UK Parliament
Andrew Le Sueur: ‘Fun-loving guys’, government ‘doing anything that individuals do’ and the rule of law
In my administrative law lectures, I get students to practise an action that I explain ought to become instinctive in the minds of lawyers working for (or against) government. You extend your index finger and, in a sweeping movement, point … Continue reading
Filed under England
ALBA event: Government in the Age of Coalition, 14 March 2012
Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association Government in the Age of Coalition: The Workings of the British Constitution and the Cabinet Manual Speakers: Lord (Peter) Hennessy, Lord (Gus) O’Donnell, & Andrew Blick Chair: Lady Justice Arden 14 March 2012, 17.45-19.15 … Continue reading
Filed under Events
2012 UK Constitutional Law Group subscriptions now due
Please consider becoming or continuing to be a member of the UK Constitutional Law Group in 2012 by paying a £15 subscription. A new online payments system has been set up. Alternatively, cheques may be sent to the Group’s honorary … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Phil Larkin and Alexander Horne: report on October’s parliamentary privilege seminar
A seminar on parliamentary privilege, held jointly by the Study of Parliament Group and the UK Constitutional Law Group, took place in Parliament on 12 October, with talks given by three noted authorities: David Howarth (Department of Law, University of … Continue reading
Filed under Events, UK Parliament
News: Ministry of Justice consultation on judicial appointments and diversity
The Ministry of Justice has this morning published a consultation paper “Appointments and Diversity: A Judiciary for the 21st Century” (CP19/2011). It seeks views on transferring the Lord Chancellor’s decision-making powers to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales … Continue reading
Filed under Constitutional reform, Judiciary
UKCLG event Wednesday 2 November 2011: Stephen Sedley
The next UK Constitutional Law Group event will be on Wednesday 2nd November 2011 at 6pm in the Keeton Room, Bentham House, UCL Faculty of Laws, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG. Sir Stephen Sedley , President of the UK CLG, … Continue reading
Filed under Events, Judiciary, Uncategorized
Andrew Le Sueur: McGonnell and the Bailiffs of Jersey and Guernsey 11 years on
Lawyers and legal academics from outside the Channel Islands tend to know only three things about the legal systems of Jersey and Guernsey. One is that islands have deployed their constitutional status as Crown Dependencies to develop into major offshore … Continue reading
Filed under Constitutional reform, Human rights, Judiciary
UKCLG blog editors
Constitutional Law Group
