As the pandemic moves into its second year, the effects on Parliaments, not only as legislating and accountability […]
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Many modern constitutional systems, despite the prevalence of adult suffrage, forbid certain classes of person from participation in […]
The Speaker speaks On 30 September the Speaker made a formal statement excoriating the Government. He told the […]
Last week, we posted an analysis of the position vis-à-vis Brexit legislation, both primary and delegated, in view […]
The brilliant accident of our form of constitutionalism is not just that the executive came to be accountable […]
Introduction: extension and the Rule of Law On 9 September, the EU (Withdrawal) (No.2) Act 2019 (‘Benn-Burt Extension […]
In dramatic scenes in the House of Commons on 3 September 2019, the House wrestled control of its […]
The ‘Cooper-Letwin Act’ (European Union Withdrawal (No 5) Act 2019) may yet come to be known as the […]
Lawyers like to make as much sense as possible of the material in front of them, transforming it, […]
I agree with Mark Elliott in finding my April 1 argument about prorogation and assent astonishing and monstrous, […]
