Posts about Africa written by UKCLAOver the past three decades or so, comparative constitutional law has greatly advanced both as a site of […] ...

Over the past three decades or so, comparative constitutional law has greatly advanced both as a site of […] ...

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

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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 ...

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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 ...

Section 179 of the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018 places the Secretary of State under a duty to ensure that a Report is “la[id] before Parliament” on both the “use” and “effectiveness” of “relevant ...

Pierre Janelle diagnosed the root cause of The Catholic Reformation as “anarchy the disease within the church”. It is my contention that unaccountability is the disease within Government and the root ...

In the first part of this post, I set out the structure of the Subsidy Control Bill. This post looks at how it applies to legislation and at some questions and concerns about enforcement and judicial ...

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 ...