Boris Johnson seems caught in an impossible bind. The European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act – the Benn […]
statutory interpretation
Constitutional lawyers often point to key cases as milestones in public law. Recently, the Supreme Court decision in […]
The case of R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal is the latest in a series of high […]
This blog recently published a detailed piece by Michal Hain. He made some very interesting claims that this […]
A constitutional storm is brewing. Whilst it is too early to perform the burial rites for parliamentary sovereignty, […]
In a judgment released yesterday a Divisional Court unanimously struck down the government’s attempt to introduce a residence […]
In Australia as in England, courts began “reading down” legislative grants of broad and seemingly unfettered discretionary power […]
In his 2004 book “Don’t think of an elephant” cognitive linguist George Lakoff offered his view on the […]
Discussion about s 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) tends to focus on the scope of […]
Constitution. A word that readers of this blog use and encounter frequently in academic, judicial and political discourse. […]
