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Category Archive: Constitutional reform

Alison L Young: The Draft Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (Repeal) Bill: Turning Back the Clock?

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Things were different in 2010. If schools closed and households found themselves stuck indoors, or unable to travel […]

UKCLA December 4, 2020 Constitutional reform, Judicial review, UK Parliament, United Kingdom

Nicholas Reed Langen: Reforming the Supreme Court

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Fresh from inaugurating its Independent Review of Administrative Law, this government is still not finished with the judiciary, […]

UKCLA December 1, 2020 Constitutional reform, Judiciary, United Kingdom

Mike Gordon: Priti Patel, the Independent Adviser, and Ministerial Irresponsibility

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We might wonder whether it is worth writing about the rules of ministerial responsibility under the current government […]

UKCLA November 23, 2020 Constitutional reform, UK government, United Kingdom

Yuan Yi Zhu: The Supreme Court: Options for Change

Since the Conservative government’s landslide victory in the 2019 general election, constitutional reform has been on top of […]

UKCLA June 8, 2020 Constitutional change, Constitutional reform, Judiciary, Uncategorized, United Kingdom

Lucien Carrier: The Problems with Institutional Reform in Fragmented Political Landscapes

Clearly, liberal democracy is at a crossroad. Many are dissatisfied with the state of political affairs in their […]

UKCLA May 27, 2020 Comparative law, Constitution-Making, Constitutional reform

Brian Christopher Jones: A single written UK constitution may only make things worse

Arguments for and against a single written (or ‘codified’) UK constitution often revolve around flexibility versus rigidity or […]

UKCLA May 25, 2020 America, Constitution-Making, Constitutional reform, United Kingdom

Krishan Nadesan: Can Parliament replace the House of Lords?

Parliament can do anything – except replace the House of Lords? For over a century, replacing the House […]

UKCLA April 9, 2020 Constitutional reform, England, UK Parliament, United Kingdom

Tom Caygill and Jack Simson Caird: Constitutional Groundhog Day: The Post-legislative Review and Repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011

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The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (hereafter the FTPA) removed the Prime Minister’s power to unilaterally trigger a general […]

Constitutional Law Group February 3, 2020 Constitutional reform, UK government, UK Parliament

Leah Trueblood: More Good Days for Democracy: The Report of the Independent Commission on Referendums

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At the beginning of Democracy in America, de Tocqueville writes that in studying democracy its “…Faults strike one […]

Constitutional Law Group July 18, 2018 Constitutional change, Constitutional reform

Leah Trueblood: The Merits and Meaning of a ‘Second’ Referendum

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Introduction: Multiple votes, one referendum Even before the vote on 23 June 2016, questions were raised about the […]

Constitutional Law Group February 5, 2018 Constitutional change, Constitutional reform, Devolution, Europe, European Union

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