Tom Spencer: The Sovereignty of Parliament, the Rule of Law, and the High Court of Parliament
Introduction The treatment of ouster clauses in R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal has been said to violate parliamentary sovereignty. This post disagrees. That assertion, it argues, misapprehends the … Continue reading
Weekly round-up of events
This week’s event announcement is below. ~~~ Call for Papers: The Fourth Biennial Public Law Conference University of Ottawa Law School, Common Law Section, 17-19 June 2020 The Public Law … Continue reading
Robert Craig: Judicial Review of Advice to Prorogue Parliament
In a recent Times article, Lord Pannick QC – leading Counsel in the Miller litigation – argues that if a Prime Minister were to advise HMQ to prorogue parliament to … Continue reading
Yossi Nehushtan: The Unreasonable Perception of Rationality and Reasonableness in UK Public Law
In the recent case of R (Campaign Against Arms Trade) v Secretary of State for International Trade [2019] (hereinafter CAAT), the Court of Appeal invalidated the UK government’s decision to grant … Continue reading
Mike Gordon: Privacy International, Parliamentary Sovereignty and the Synthetic Constitution
The case of R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal is the latest in a series of high profile judicial engagements with the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty. The case concerned … Continue reading
Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere and Andrew Geddis: The New Zealand Court of Appeal on Extradition to the PRC
The recent massive street demonstrations against a proposal to enable extradition of some criminal suspects from Hong Kong to mainland China (as well as Taiwan and Macau) have focused global … Continue reading
Richard Ekins: Reflections on Democracy’s Foundations
This is part of a series of posts in which Richard Ekins reflects upon Lord Sumption’s Reith Lectures. You can find the first posts here, here and here. In his … Continue reading
Weekly round-up of events
This week’s event announcement is below. ~~~ Constitutional Law Summer School Belfast, Northern Ireland 7-9 August 2019 You are invited to join the Attorney General and expert speakers in exploring … Continue reading
Richard Ekins: Constitutional Lessons from America
This is part of a series of posts in which Richard Ekins reflects upon Lord Sumption’s Reith Lectures. You can find the first posts here and here. In his fourth … Continue reading
Sam Fowles: Can the Prime Minister Prorogue Parliament to Deliver a No Deal Brexit?
In recent days certain government backbenchers have proposed a new avenue to deliver a “no deal” Brexit. As Sir Edward Leigh put it: “There are only two choices … Continue reading
