Should judges update the meaning of statutes? Consider Yemshaw v London Borough of Hounslow [2011] UKSC 3, in […]
Imagine that Parliament has recently passed a provision authorising the indefinite detention without trial of suspected terrorists. The […]
One may question whether “the practice of sport is a human right”, as stated in the Olympic Charter. […]
For a society as devoted to secrets and privacy as the British are traditionally supposed to be, however, […]
The debate over which institution of government possesses ultimate constitutional authority for determining questions of human rights is […]
Hayley J. Hooper: ‘A Case without Precedent’: City of London v Samede and Others [2012] EWHC 34 (QB)
THE OCCUPY WALL STREET protest movement began on September 17, 2011 in the New York Financial District. Around […]
The House of Lords Constitution Committee has launched a consultation exercise on the constitutional position of civil servants. […]
The Brighton Declaration, which emerged from last week’s High Level Conference on the Future of the European Court […]
A blaze of controversy erupted over the disputed timing of Abu Qatada’s referral request to the Grand Chamber […]
The Blog is now on a break over Easter. We will return in May. Have a nice vacation!
