Sébastien Grammond: Canadian Constitutional Jurisprudence and the Brexit Process
Canadian constitutional jurisprudence might, perhaps unexpectedly, shed some light on the process set in motion by the referendum regarding the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, a leading feature … Continue reading
Leah Trueblood: Referendums, Compromise, and Ratification
Resolving any political question requires compromise. This is as true for constitutional questions as it is for questions of policy. This can be seen now in the European Union’s reminders … Continue reading
Eoin Carolan: Some Lessons from Ireland’s Marriage Referendum?
Almost six months after being popularly endorsed in a widely publicised referendum, Ireland’s first same-sex marriages took place on November 17th last. While the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage … Continue reading
Veronika Fikfak: Voting on Military Action in Syria
Next week Members of Parliament will debate and vote on whether to support the Government’s proposal to extend military action against Islamic State (IS) to Syria. On Thursday, the Prime … Continue reading
Robert Brett Taylor: The House of Lords and Constitutional Conventions: The Case for Legislative Reform
On October 26th 2015 a majority of Peers within the House of Lords defeated the Conservative Government’s plans to reform child tax credit by supporting two motions put forward by … Continue reading
Weekly round-up of events
Editors‘ note: We are pleased to announce that for ease of reference event announcements will now be publicised cumulatively in a weekly post on Friday afternoons. We continue to welcome submissions … Continue reading
Alison Young: R (Evans) v Attorney General [2015] UKSC 21 – the Anisminic of the 21st Century?
On Thursday 26th March the Supreme Court concluded, to the delight of The Guardian and the dismay of the Prime Minister, that communications between Prince Charles and government Ministers – … Continue reading
Graham Gee: Do Lord Chancellors defend judicial independence?
As part of its inquiry into the office of Lord Chancellor, the Constitution Committee asks whether “new” (i.e. post-2003) Lord Chancellors have actually defended judicial independence in line with their … Continue reading
Gavin Phillipson: “Historic” Commons’ Syria vote: the constitutional significance. Part II – the way forward
In Part I of this blog post I set out in detail the reasoned case for my opinion that, following the Syria vote in August 2013, there is a constitutional … Continue reading
Adam Perry and Farrah Ahmed: Constitutional Conventions and Legitimate Expectations
Courts and commentators have sometimes said the administrative law doctrine of legitimate expectations is incoherent. They say that the various ways of acquiring a legitimate expectation do not hang together; … Continue reading
