To many, ouster clauses represent a conflict between, on the one hand, the will of a sovereign Parliament […]
Category Archive: Judicial review
In 1961 Alexander Bickel argued that the US Supreme Court should adopt what he called the ‘passive virtues’ – minimising […]
Introduction On 17 January, the Secretary of State for Scotland, Alister Jack MP, made an Order under s.35 […]
The townland of Carrickmore in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland is the ancestral home of legendary Nirvana frontman […]
Earlier this year, in a Divisional Court judgment that garnered much attention from public lawyers, the Home Office […]
The resurrected Bill of Rights Bill (BoRB) shows that the government is continuing to grasp at the wrong […]
Introduction The use of crowdfunding to access public law litigation is a matter which attracts much online commentary […]
It is not surprising or new that the executive plays institutional chess with the courts. Judicial review, though […]
Empirical research into judicial review has recently started to draw attention, as Brian Christopher Jones points out in his […]
The dominant narrative in the discussion over judicial review—and especially in relation to judicial overreach—focuses on major cases, […]
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