For nearly a hundred and fifty years, parliamentary sovereignty or supremacy (the terms are used interchangeably) has been […]
As some readers may know, I have been involved in various modest ways with responding to the ongoing […]
Not since the Blair era has a government been so committed to a significant programme of constitutional reform […]
The Issue Following the end of the UK’s transition period for withdrawing from the EU, the status of […]
UKCLA Annual General Meeting – 27th January 2021 The UKCLA Annual General Meeting will be held at 4 […]
Brexit and the Regulatory and Supervisory Gaps Brexit is leading to the creation of new regulatory and supervisory […]
The Blog will be taking a break over the Christmas period, returning on Monday 4 January. We would […]
‘The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, […]
The United Kingdom Internal Market Act has become law, receiving Royal Assent shortly before MPs and Lords departed […]
Against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic still raging, the US Supreme Court recently weighed in on the […]
Things were different in 2010. If schools closed and households found themselves stuck indoors, or unable to travel […]
Fresh from inaugurating its Independent Review of Administrative Law, this government is still not finished with the judiciary, […]
Many modern constitutional systems, despite the prevalence of adult suffrage, forbid certain classes of person from participation in […]
We might wonder whether it is worth writing about the rules of ministerial responsibility under the current government […]
Between 7 September and 26 October 2020, the Independent Review of Administrative Law (IRAL) ran its call for […]
On 22nd October 2020, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal (CT) held unconstitutional a statutory legal provision, which had previously […]
Brexit and the UK Judiciary: Boon or Curse? To be held virtually: Friday, 27 November 2020, School of […]
The Cambridge Private Law Centre last week hosted its annual Freshfields lecture. Lord Sumption addressed us on “Government […]
IACL Virtual Global Roundtable: ‘Democracy 2020’ On 18-26 November the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL) Global Roundtable […]
Litigation challenging the vires of the Coronavirus Regulations has been rumbling along over recent months. On 6 July […]
As I watched Lord Judge’s eloquent defence of the rule of the law in the House of Lords […]
On 20 October, the UK Administrative Justice Institute (UKAJI) made available on its website its submission to the […]
(The following is an adapted version of part of the response of the Wales Public Law and Human […]
This is Part Two of a post examining the Rule of Law opportunities and risks arising from the […]
The Independent Review of Administrative Law (IRAL), which is holding a short, seven-week consultation that will close on […]
Professor Albert Venn Dicey—one of the “great cataloguers of the British constitution”—dedicated a full chapter of his seminal […]
The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society in association with Wolfson College and the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford invites you […]
Call for Papers Annual Doctoral Workshop in Constitutional Theory: Domestic, European and International Perspectives Drawing on past successful […]
The United Kingdom Internal Market Bill is something of an imperfect storm, provoking the ire both of the […]
Introduction On 31 July 2020, the Government established an independent panel to take forward its Independent Review of […]
The global outpouring of grief upon the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in September showed how complete […]
The UK-EU negotiations on the final shape of the future relationship between them are reaching a crescendo as […]
“Left” in the Hands of the Crown The extent to which an exercise of prerogative power can be […]
In the next few days and weeks, the EU and the UK must decide whether they both really […]
The Speaker speaks On 30 September the Speaker made a formal statement excoriating the Government. He told the […]
Introduction We now have a government under law, except in a limited, specific way. The Advocate General, Lord […]
Judicial Review Trends and Forecasts 202012 – 16 October There’s just over two weeks to go until Judicial […]
If these European monarchs have no real power, what is the modern monarchy for? Part 1 of […]
Introduction This month sees the publication of our book The Role of Monarchy in Modern Democracy: European Monarchies […]
The European Communities Act 1972 caused an important and beneficial transformation to the British constitutional settlement. It made […]
Last year, the Government committed itself to establishing a Commission on the Constitution, Democracy and Rights, which would […]
Huge controversy has already been generated over provisions in the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill granting Ministers the […]
The Overseas Operation (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons in March 2020 […]
During a pandemic, it seems like a good idea for politicians to ‘follow the science.’ But what does […]
Brexit déjà vu On 14 September 2020, the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill (‘UKIMB’ or ‘the Bill’) passed […]
Speaking in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister described the controversial provisions of the UK Internal Market […]
Jean-Jacques Rousseau opined in Émile that “[t]he universal spirit of the Laws of all countries is always to […]
Amidst increasing concern about the UK Government’s intentions in respect of implementation of the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement and […]
Administrative discretion has long troubled administrative and public lawyers. While some protest that its presence leads to arbitrariness […]
