The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (hereafter the FTPA) removed the Prime Minister’s power to unilaterally trigger a general […]
Category Archive: Constitutional reform
At the beginning of Democracy in America, de Tocqueville writes that in studying democracy its “…Faults strike one […]
Introduction: Multiple votes, one referendum Even before the vote on 23 June 2016, questions were raised about the […]
In such frenzied constitutional times – with only a general election resulting in a hung Parliament and a […]
Editors’ note: This is the second of a two-part contribution. The first part may be found here. Part […]
Editors’ note: This is the first part of a two-part contribution. The second part will be posted tomorrow. […]
The referendums in the United Kingdom of 2011, 2014, and 2016 have sparked a debate about the merits […]
It is well known that the first national referendum in the UK was the 1975 poll on EEC […]
It is referendums’ season. After Brexit and the Hungarian referendum on the European migrants’ resettlement plans (the so […]
The litigation concerning the triggering of Art 50 TEU is under way, with hearings this past week and […]
