Last year, the Institute for Government and the Bennett Institute for Public Policy published aReview of the UK Constitution.One recommendation in that review was that parliament create a joint committee on the constitution.Steph Coultersets out the case for such a body. ...
laws that clearly contradict the ECHR (such as in the case ofimmigration legislation in Denmarkor the UK’s recent bill), this is usually done under the cover that the state ‘seeks to clarify the content of obligations under the Convention’ or more boldly that it wishes to ‘test the ...
TheConstitution,basedonthe rule of law, is the supreme law of the land and any other law inconsistent with the constitution [...] daccess-ods.un.org daccess-ods.un.org 基于法治原则确立的宪法是国家的最高法律,任何与宪法不一致的其他法律在不一致的地方 是无效的。
of the next election. No one disputes the potential advantage that confers: in Roy Jenkins’s famous phrase, uttered duringa Lords debate on 11 March 1992, it is equivalent to deciding ‘to give the pistol in a race to one of the competitors and encourage him to fire it whenever he ...
(Patrick) McLoughlinas its chair, and set a deadline of 4 January for the submission of evidence. The Committee held itsfirst oral evidence sessionon 10 December, with Stephen Laws and Professor Alison Young; the next session is on 17 December, with former Commons clerks Lord Lisvane and ...
In a new book, edited by Unit founder Robert Hazell and Bob Morris, contributors from across Europe consider the constitutional and political role of monarchy, its powers and functions, how it is defined and regulated, the laws of succession and royal finances, relations with the media, its ...
edited by Unit founderRobert HazellandBob Morris, contributors from across Europe consider the constitutional and political role of monarchy, its powers and functions, how it is defined and regulated, the laws of succession and royal finances, relations with the media, its popularity, and why it ...