Tag: Devolution Club
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Iain Jamieson: Effect of the Bill of Rights upon the meaning of Convention Rights under the Scotland Act
The relationship between the Scotland Act 1998 (“the SA”), Convention rights and the Human Rights Act 1998 (“the HRA”) is well known. Convention rights are embedded in the Scottish constitution. The Scottish Parliament cannot legislate, and Scottish Ministers cannot act, in any way which is incompatible with those rights (SA ss. 29(2)(d), 53,54,57(2)). The SA…
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Event: The Constitutional Heritage of Magna Carta
The Italian Cultural Institute, The Devolution Club and The UK Constitutional Law Association invite you to the Italian-British Constitutional Conversation: The Constitutional Heritage of Magna Carta Monday, 8 June 2015, 5 P.M. Italian Cultural Institute 39 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8NX Foreword: Alessandro Torre, The Devolution Club Chair: Sebastian Payne, UK Constitutional…