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Ronan Cormacain: Blue-eyed Babies, Amnesties, Sovereignty of Parliament and the Rule of Law: The Northern Ireland Legacy Proposals

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Could Parliament pass a law that all blue-eyed babies be murdered?  This was the hypothetical question posed by […]

UKCLA November 25, 2021 Northern Ireland, Parliamentary sovereignty, UK government, UK Parliament

Michael Foran: Parliamentary Sovereignty and the Politics of Law-making

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Parliamentary sovereignty has traditionally been understood to mean that Parliament is free to enact legislation on any area […]

UKCLA October 18, 2021 Devolution, Human Rights Act 1998, Parliamentary sovereignty, Scotland, UK Parliament, United Kingdom

Jacob Eisler: Voter ID and the Elections Bill 2021: Legislative Manipulation of Democratic Procedure and the Limits of Judicial Review

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The Elections Bill 2021, as of the date of publication for the House of Commons Committee stage, advances […]

UKCLA September 29, 2021 Constitutional reform, Judicial review, Parliamentary sovereignty, UK Parliament, United Kingdom

Nicholas Kilford: The UK Internal Market Act’s Interaction with Senedd Competences: The Welsh Government’s Challenge

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On its passage through Parliament, the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (UKIMA) attracted a great deal of […]

UKCLA February 23, 2021 Devolution, Judicial review, Wales

Adam Perry: Enforcing Principles, Enforcing Conventions

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Did the UK Supreme Court enforce a constitutional convention in Miller (No 2)? Most writers say no. I […]

Constitutional Law Group December 3, 2019 Judicial review, UK government, UK Parliament

Timothy Endicott: ‘This Ancient, Secretive Royal Prerogative’

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That was Gina Miller’s evocative phrase for the power of the Crown when she was interviewed on Radio […]

Constitutional Law Group November 11, 2016 Europe, European Union, Judicial review, Judiciary, UK government, UK Parliament

John Adenitire: Exiting the EU Constitutionally

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In Miller v Secretary of State [2016], the High Court held that the Government cannot use its prerogative […]

Constitutional Law Group November 9, 2016 Europe, European Union, Judicial review, Judiciary, UK government, UK Parliament

Colm O’Cinneide: Why Parliamentary Approval for the Triggering of Article 50 TEU Should Be Required as a Matter of Constitutional Principle

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The argument that Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) cannot be lawfully triggered without the […]

Constitutional Law Group July 7, 2016 Europe, European Union, UK government, UK Parliament

Colin Harvey: Reconstructing the ‘Political Constitution’ of Northern Ireland

For reasons that are not difficult to grasp, the constitutional process in Northern Ireland has been marked by […]

Constitutional Law Group August 2, 2012 Northern Ireland

Stuart Lakin: What Role Should Judges Play in the Constitution Justice Sumption?

In his recent F.A. Mann lecture Jonathan Sumption Q.C., the newly appointed member of the Supreme Court, took […]

Constitutional Law Group February 19, 2012 Judicial review, Judiciary

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