Tag Archives: Constitutional Statutes
Tarun Khaitan: How to interpret Constitutional Statutes?
Most of us will be aware of the famous remarks of Lord Justice Laws in Thoburn v Sunderland City Council (2002) that constitutional statutes are immune from implied repeal, and therefore somewhat entrenched against Parliament. The issue of the entrenchment … Continue reading
Filed under Devolution, Judicial review, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
Gordon Anthony: Axa – A view from Northern Ireland
It is a little over 6 weeks since the Supreme Court delivered its long-awaited ruling in Axa General Insurance v Lord Advocate [2011] UKSC 46. Although the ruling was of primary importance to Scottish law – see, for instance, its … Continue reading
Filed under Devolution, Northern Ireland, Scotland
Alison L. Young: Fixed-Term Parliaments and Neurath’s Ship
The UK constitution could be compared to Neurath’s ship. Unlike other countries, the UK cannot point to a single defining moment when a constitution was definitively ‘launched’, its provisions set out in one document named ‘Constitution’. The UK’s constitution has … Continue reading
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