Tag Archives: Referendums
Grégoire Webber: On Independence for Scotland: An Overview Of Canadian Experience
Canadian constitutional experience with federal-provincial relations and a bill of rights has provided a point of comparison for the United Kingdom’s devolution measures and Human Rights Act. Today, with the question of Scotland’s independence animating constitutional debates, Canadian constitutional experience … Continue reading
Filed under Scotland, Devolution, Comparative law
Dean Knight: Tid-bits from New Zealand: an election, a referendum, and a multi-party government policy programme
The new parliamentary year kicked off in New Zealand this week, following an election held late last year in the shadow of the Rugby World Cup. A National-led, multi-party government was returned to power, with John Key continuing as Prime … Continue reading
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Paul Yowell: EU Act 2011: Law and Politics
The European Union Act 2011, which received royal assent in July of last year, could have important implications for several aspects of the UK constitution, including the UK’s relationship with the EU, the understanding of parliamentary sovereignty, the question of … Continue reading
Filed under European Union, UK Parliament
Mike Gordon: The European Union Act 2011
The European Union Act 2011 (EUA) is an unprecedented constitutional experiment. This post will outline the two main innovations of the Act: (1) the section 18 ‘sovereignty’ clause; and (2) the scheme of ‘referendum locks’ introduced in sections 2, 3 … Continue reading
Filed under European Union, UK Parliament
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
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