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Ronan Cormacain: The rise and rise of the super-enabling clause

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It has become increasingly popular to include what I term a ‘super-enabling clause’ in primary legislation. It is […]

UKCLA November 30, 2022 Devolution, UK Parliament

Steven Chaplin: There’s a time and place for prorogation — and this is it

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As I sit and watch the turmoil at Westminster on the morning (afternoon in London) that Liz Truss […]

UKCLA October 25, 2022 UK Parliament

Alison Young: Declaratory Orders and Constitutional Guardrails

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The recent decision of the Supreme Court in Craig v HM Advocate (for the Government of the United States […]

UKCLA March 10, 2022 Constitutional Law

James Milton: The Antiquity of Anonymous Pairing

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Recently, online debates have emerged about the usefulness of the website TheyWorkForYou (TWFY), a tool which provides people […]

UKCLA February 2, 2022 UK Parliament, United Kingdom

Chris Monaghan: Party-gate as a Ground for Impeachment? Perhaps, But We Need to Modernise Impeachment Before It Is Fit For Purpose

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In a recent post published on the UKCLA blog, I argued that impeachment could serve a purpose in […]

UKCLA January 26, 2022 Constitutional Accountability, Prime Minister, United Kingdom

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

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

Joseph Jaconelli: Constitutional Disqualification

Many modern constitutional systems, despite the prevalence of adult suffrage, forbid certain classes of person from participation in […]

UKCLA November 24, 2020 UK government, UK Parliament, United Kingdom

Atina Krajewska: The judgment of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal on abortion: a dark day for Poland, for Europe, and for democracy

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On 22nd October 2020, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal (CT) held unconstitutional a statutory legal provision, which had previously […]

UKCLA November 12, 2020 Comparative law, Europe, Human rights, Ireland, Judiciary, Northern Ireland, Poland

Christopher McCrudden: Democracy, protests, and Covid-19: the challenge of (and for) human rights

Two excellent databases enable us to track the effect of Covid-19 on political protests and demonstrations. Both the […]

UKCLA June 19, 2020 Civil Liberties, Comparative law, Human rights, United Kingdom, United States

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