Parliament and the Rule of Law

The phrase "rule of law" has been used, on average, more than three times on every parliamentary sitting day over the past 10 years. But what does it mean? Has the UK anything to learn from the definition of the phrase by the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, or from the experience [...]

By |2025-08-03T09:55:11+00:00August 3rd, 2025|Blog, Europe, Featured, Law|Comments Off on Parliament and the Rule of Law

Writing a Constitution

I gave a lecture last night to the Statute Law Society on the subject of Writing a Constitution. Our constitution is sick (though its condition is chronic rather than acute); a written constitution is a realistic proposition, for which there are many precedents within the Westminster family; the public seems at least mildly favourable [...]

By |2023-12-06T18:27:36+00:00December 1st, 2023|Blog, Featured, Law|Comments Off on Writing a Constitution
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