How does the Bill of Rights impact devolution?
Why the Bill of Rights will weaken freedom of expression
What impact might the Bill of Rights have on freedom of expression cases? Part II
What impact might the Bill of Rights have on freedom of expression cases? Part I
Why the Bill of Rights undermines women’s safety
Deportation and Clause 8 of the Bill of Rights
Explainers, Judiciary, Parliament
Why the proposed ‘Modern’ Bill of Rights is contradictory constitutionalism
New report: Policy, pragmatism, and the Conservative Party leadership contest
What is Judicial Review?
Explainers, Judiciary, Parliament
What is the legal status of a referendum, and why bother holding one?
Q&A: What is the constitutional position of the UK civil service?
The Good Friday Agreement: Misunderstandings in Ministerial accounts of the Bill of Rights
Votes of no confidence – upholding the constitution or playing politics?
Should the Bill of Rights apply to overseas military operations?
What is the role and function of the Attorney General?
Boris Johnson’s resignation: Did the constitution work?
The Civil Service Code: Does it need updating?
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee: Is the Monarch an apolitical longstop?
Why the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ response to the new Bill of Rights is important
Devolution, Explainers, Judiciary
Will Scotland hold an independence referendum in October 2023?
Devolution, Explainers, Parliament
Does the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill breach international law?
Explainers, Judiciary, Parliament
What does the new Bill of Rights propose?
What is the constitutional status of special advisers as temporary civil servants?
Q&A: Observations from the civil service
On Lord Geidt’s resignation and its constitutional significance
What are the recurring themes of UK civil service reform?
Devolution, Explainers, Parliament
The Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
Q&A: Why does constitutional law matter?
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee: What beholds the future of the monarchy?
UK intergovernmental relations: Pre vs post-Brexit dynamics
Q&A: How can we make Government work better?
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee: What powers does the Queen have in her Commonwealth Realms?
Partygate and the Ministerial Code: Changing the rules to avoid punishment?
Q&A: What role and function does the civil service have in the UK?
Devolution: A view from Scotland
Queen’s Speech 2022: What constitutional changes are proposed?
Devolution: Why was the UK Internal Market Act 2020 so controversial?
Devolution: What impact has Brexit had on Devolution?
Devolution: How does it work in practice?
Devolution vs Federalism: What are the differences?
Devolution: A view from England
Devolution: A view from Northern Ireland
Devolution: Northern Ireland
Cambridge Sixth Form Law Conference 2021 & 2022
Does the UK need a Modern Bill of Rights? By Fiona de Londras
Devolution: A view from Wales
Devolution: Scotland
Devolution: Wales
Devolution: The ‘English’ Question
Devolution in the United Kingdom: An introduction
New ‘Constitution and Governance in the UK’ report: are the current arrangements robust enough to govern a diverse and complex UK?
Does the UK need a Modern Bill of Rights? By Cheryl Saunders
Does the UK need a Modern Bill of Rights? Or is it a policy in search of purpose?
Does the UK need a Modern Bill of Rights? By Mark Tushnet
Does the UK need a Modern Bill of Rights? By Stephen Gardbaum
Positive Rights: Protecting rights or hindering public services?
New report expresses ‘profound concerns’ about the direction of UK ministerial power
Human Rights Act Review: Rights and responsibilities
The common law and the European Convention on Human Rights: Do we need both?
Lord Carnwath lecture
Lord Carnwath lecture on Human Rights Act reform – is it time for a new British Bill of Rights?
Explainers, Judiciary, Parliament
Human Rights Act Review: Whose rights are they anyway?
Sue Gray inquiry: What do the initial findings mean for the Prime Minister?
Explainers, Judiciary, Parliament
Do we need a British Bill of Rights?
Controversial Constitutional Cases: R (Evans) v Attorney General
Explainers, Judiciary, Parliament
Controversial Constitutional Cases: UNISON
What Kind of Democracy Do People Want? New UK-focused report reveals key findings
Explainers, Judiciary, Parliament
Controversial Constitutional Cases: Miller II
Explainers, Judiciary, Parliament
Controversial Constitutional Cases: Miller I explained by Mark Elliott & Alison Young
Will the joint Intergovernmental Relations Review enhance the operation of the Union?
Human Rights Act Review: A British Bill of Rights?
Controversial Constitutional Cases: Privacy International
Lord Carnwath lecture on Human Rights Act reform – is it time for a new British Bill of Rights? 8 February at 5.30pm
The role of the judiciary in the UK Constitution
Event: The role of the judiciary in the UK Constitution – videos
Controversial Constitutional Cases: R v Adams (Northern Ireland)
How does the House of Lords strengthen parliamentary government?
Is the Government’s proposed ‘common sense’ reforms to human rights necessary?
Northern Ireland: An Exceptional History (Part II)
Northern Ireland: An Exceptional History (Part I)
Do Members of Parliament have unique powers and privileges? Parliamentary Privilege and the UK Constitution (Part II)
Do Members of Parliament have unique powers and privileges? Parliamentary Privilege and the UK Constitution (Part I)
Event: The role of the judiciary in the UK Constitution – 17 January at 5.30pm
Standards in Public Life: Why we should be concerned about the behaviour of politicians
Reform to Judicial Review (Part III): Streamlining judicial review or removing constitutional safeguards?
Government by diktat: A constitutionally stark warning by peers
Reform to Judicial Review (Part II): What should happen to an unlawful act of a public body?
Reform to Judicial Review (Part I): The basics of the IRAL
New landmark Supreme Court judgement: The Treaty Incorporation Bill References case
What are the rules and customs of Parliament?
What does the Owen Paterson sleaze crisis say about current standards in public life?
What is Parliament?
The UNCRC Reference: What did we learn?
Event: The Supreme Court’s Judgment in the Treaty Incorporation Bill References – 11 November at 5.30pm
Q&A: Is it a problem that the executive and the legislature are so enmeshed in the UK?
Q&A: Will there ever be judicial oversight of ‘English’ legislation as there is currently in the devolved nations?
Q&A: Should citizens’ assemblies have a greater role in parliamentary debate and decisions?
Q&A: If we had a codified constitution in the UK, who would enforce it?
Who’s in charge of the Westminster Parliament?
Q&A: Would we be better off with electoral reform to better represent public opinion?
Who’s in charge of the Westminster Parliament? Professor Mark Elliott introduces parliamentary sovereignty
Q&A: Can UK courts strike down legislation?
Q&A: Is the House of Lords useful?
Event: Who is in charge of the Westminster Parliament? Professor Meg Russell
Q&A: Is the two-party system broken? Wouldn’t coalition government be better?
Is the UK constitution fit for purpose?
Why should Bishops and Lords make the laws?
Prerogative Powers: What are they, and where do they come from?
Constitutional conventions: Can the Queen really veto legislation?
What or who determines the calling of UK general elections?
Holyrood, Westminster and Constitutional Balance: Two Forthcoming Judgments
Can Parliament Make, Change, or End any Law it likes?
