Tag: Isle of Man

  • Peter Edge: The Lisvane Report on the Functioning of the Manx Tynwald

    The Isle of Man is an almost entirely self-governing Crown Dependency whose principal constitutional institution is the Tynwald. Tracing its origins to the Norse Kingdom of the Isles, Tynwald primarily as a legislature, but from the 19th century developed an increasing role in the executive. As the British Government relinquished responsibility for increasing areas of…