If these European monarchs have no real power, what is the modern monarchy for? Part 1 of […]
Category Archive: Comparative law
Introduction This month sees the publication of our book The Role of Monarchy in Modern Democracy: European Monarchies […]
Jean-Jacques Rousseau opined in Émile that “[t]he universal spirit of the Laws of all countries is always to […]
The Chinese Government has recently enacted a piece of National Security Law (‘the Law’) on Hong Kong, establishing […]
Part One of this post presented the background to the ‘Third Direction’ case, which concerns a recently disclosed […]
In responding to the Covid-19 pandemic, governments around the world have imposed unprecedented “lockdowns”. They decided, on the […]
A century ago, Dicey distinguished between laws and conventions of the constitution on the basis that the latter […]
Two excellent databases enable us to track the effect of Covid-19 on political protests and demonstrations. Both the […]
Clearly, liberal democracy is at a crossroad. Many are dissatisfied with the state of political affairs in their […]
A couple of days ago, OLAF, the EU’s anti-fraud office after several years of investigation reported that Members […]
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