Introduction The Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (‘CCA’) is, from a constitutional perspective, a fairly ...

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The United Kingdom Constitutional Law Association (UKCLA) is the UK’s national body of constitutional law scholars affiliated to the International Association of Constitutional Law. Its object is t… ...

It is a well-understood principle that a judicial review court traditionally forbears from granting coercive orders against public authorities on ...

Tom Adams: Royal Consent and Hidden Power The requirement of Royal Assent for bills which have passed through our democratic institutions is well known. Those […] Constitutional Law Group January 26, ...

Posts about Parliamentary sovereignty written by UKCLAIntroduction: The Supreme Court’s Textual Fidelity The UK Supreme Court (UKSC) recently issued its unanimous judgment which found the draft ...

Miller (No 2) and Bush v Gore (2000) have something in common. Both cases featured judicial intervention in politics and basic questions of constitutional power. Both resulted in controversial ...

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In a report published on 11 May, the House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (“SLSC”) drew attention to a constitutional issue of considerable interest and novelty. The SLSC drew the ...

Quite a stir has been generated by the decision of a Dutch court to make a reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union on the issue of the EU citizenship rights of UK nationals post-Brexit ...

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