Richard Ekins: Reflections on Democracy’s Foundations
This is part of a series of posts in which Richard Ekins reflects upon Lord Sumption’s Reith Lectures. You can find the first posts here, here and here. In his … Continue reading
Weekly round-up of events
This week’s event announcements are below. ~~~ The Democratic Case for a Written Constitution UCL Gustave Tuck LT, Wilkins Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT Thursday 1 March 2018, 6:00 … Continue reading
Weekly round-up of events
This week’s event announcement is below. ~~~ The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society in association with Wolfson College and the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford invites you to: The Case for a … Continue reading
Weekly round-up of events
This week’s event announcement is below. ~~~ The European Circuit in co-operation with Middle Temple International Committee presents “Written Constitutions – experiences and challenges” on 4 May 2017, 5-7 pm … Continue reading
Graham Allen: Kick-starting the debate on a codified constitution for the UK
Does the United Kingdom need a codified constitution? It’s a question on which generations of law students will have had to write essays, burning the midnight oil and scribbling or … Continue reading
Andrew Le Sueur: Imagining judges in a written UK Constitution
The tide of interest (among those who care about these things) in the idea of a written, codified constitution for the United Kingdom rises and falls. At the moment the … Continue reading
Mike Gordon: Constitutional Reform under the Coalition Government
The Government’s response to the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee’s (PCRC) report Do we need a constitutional convention for the UK? is in many ways a rather … Continue reading
Stephen Tierney: After the referendum – the Scottish Government’s proposal for a written Constitution
The debate over Scottish independence has turned recently to discussion of the post-referendum landscape. On 5 February the Scottish Government published Scotland’s Future: from the Referendum to Independence and a … Continue reading
