1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (1587+ words) Paul F Scott: Economic Security and the NSIA 2021 UK Constitutional Law Association This post is part of a series on "Economic Aspects of the Constitution. The other posts in the series will be available here. Section 12 of the Justice and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1254+ words) UK Constitutional Law Association It is seldom that the much-mythologised Magna Carta is actually engaged. Yet in A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland [2026] UKSC 16 (the Deprivation of Liberty Reference) the Supreme Court arguably permitted the violation of…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (583+ words) Judges primarily decide cases, but they also make strategic decisions aimed at maintaining the constitutional authority of the judiciary as a whole. Doctrines, bundling, timing, and public engagement are among the means by which trust, arguably the most important foundation…...

3+ week, 19+ hour ago  (342+ words) UK Constitutional Law Association The 2026 Public Law Conference will be held at the Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town on the theme "Public Law and the Future of Constitutional Democracy, during 1-4 July 2026. The Conference is co-organised by the University…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (518+ words) The Good and Faithful Servants One of the foundational assertions of judicial approaches to legislation in the UK comes from Willes J in Lee v Bude and Torrington Railway Co: We sit here as servants of the Queen and the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (98+ words) Judicial ideology in the UK Supreme Court Judicial ideology in the current Supreme Court Elsewhere (see e. g. hereandhere), I have argued that the Supreme Court, under the leadership of Lord Reed, has exhibited a notably more conservative, restrained judicial ideology than…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (232+ words) The environmental impact assessment shall identify, describe and assess in an appropriate manner, in the light of each individual case and in accordance with Articles 4 to 12, the direct and indirect effects of a project on the following factors: (a) human beings,…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (166+ words) The offence at issue in ABJ is a relatively new one, having been added (as section 12(1 A) of the Terrorism Act 2000) by the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019. Both the legislation and the Supreme Court's interpretation of it require careful scrutiny....

3+ mon, 22+ hour ago  (307+ words) will work with the judiciary to cut the amount of time it takes for a judicial review to move through the court system for nationally critical infrastructure projects by around half a year." Yet, outside of the specific context of…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (40+ words) Administration of Justice'UK Constitutional Law Association Why is demand important in justice? Justice systems are predominantly analysed in terms of the quality of justice [] Begin typing your search above and press return to search. Press Esc to cancel....