Weekly round-up of events
This week’s event announcement is below. ~~~ Event: Foundational Concepts in Constitutional Theory, 10 – 12 July 2019 Despite the field of constitutional theory recently coming of age, there are … Continue reading
Richard Ekins: Representative Politics and the Limits of Law
This is the first of a series of posts in which Richard Ekins reflects upon Lord Sumption’s Reith Lectures. In his second Reith lecture, “In Praise of Politics”, broadcast on … Continue reading
Weekly round-up of events
This week’s event announcements include: SLS Public Law Section, Call for Papers/Panels for 2019 SLS Annual Conference, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, 3-6 September 2019 Call for Papers, Annual Doctoral … Continue reading
Tom Hickey: The Republican Core of the Case for Judicial Review
Richard Bellamy is right about many things. One of them is that judicial review cannot be defended on the basis of what he calls its “epistemic properties:” on its supposed … Continue reading
Weekly round-up of events
This week’s event announcements are below. ~~~ The Democratic Case for a Written Constitution UCL Gustave Tuck LT, Wilkins Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT Thursday 1 March 2018, 6:00 … Continue reading
Lea Raible and Leah Trueblood: The Swiss System of Referendums and the Impossibility of Direct Democracy
The referendums in the United Kingdom of 2011, 2014, and 2016 have sparked a debate about the merits of direct democracy. In this debate references to the system of referendums … Continue reading
Weekly round-up
This week’s announcements include: Study of Parliament Group circular: Committee of Privileges Inquiry Launched Call for applications, Junior Research Fellowship in Constitutional Law or Constitutional Theory, Trinity College, Oxford University … Continue reading
Thomas Poole: Losing our Religion? Public Law and Brexit
Prerogative is the enemy of the people. This has been settled as matter of law for a very long time. The constitutional settlement of 1688 made a decision for responsible … Continue reading
Ron Levy and Graeme Orr: To Save Democracy, Reform the Law
The US election just passed has made many people wonder about the merits of democracy. If an election can still be won using the dark rhetorics of earlier, troubled times … Continue reading
Stefan Theil: Polycentricity – A Fatal Objection to the Adjudication of Environmental Rights?
In an unprecedented ruling, the Hague District Court has recently compelled the Dutch State to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of the Netherlands by 25% by 2020 based on the … Continue reading
