Representation of the People in UK Law

  • Democracy by Default: The Representation of the People Act 2000
    • No. 64-1, January 2001
    • The Modern Law Review
  • Public or Personal Character in Election Campaigns: A Review of the Implications of the Judgment in Watkins v Woolas
    • No. 74-4, July 2011
    • The Modern Law Review
    Reviewing the Election Court's decision that a candidate's parliamentary election literature was unlawful under the Representation of the People Act, the Divisional Court held that statements could...
  • Presumptions of Legislative Intent in R (Coughlan) v Minister for the Cabinet Office
    • No. 86-3, May 2023
    • The Modern Law Review
    • 0000
    In R (Coughlan) v Minister for the Cabinet Office, the UK Supreme Court held that the Minister for the Cabinet Office acted lawfully when making orders which introduced, as a pilot scheme, a requir...
    ... ... The case turned on the interpretation of section 10 of the Representation of the PeopleAct 2000, pursuant to which the orders were made. This note ... on the interpretation of section10 of the Representation of the People Act 2000 (RPA 2000), pursuant towhich the orders were made. One of the ... ...
  • People’s sense of political representation and national stories: The case of Israel
    • No. 45-4, September 2024
    • International Political Science Review / Revue internationale de science politique
    • 0000
    Previous research on political representation mainly focused on representatives but has overlooked individuals’ sense of inclusion within the greater group: the nation. Building on narrative theory...
  • Analysis
    • No. , January 2010
    • Edinburgh Law Review
    • 80-150
    ... ... a book of returned Members of Parliament.1010Representation of the People Act 1983 Sch 1 (Parliamentary Elections Rules) rr 51-52. The (now former) ... sheriff clerk in Scottish constituencies date back to the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832 (the Scottish corollary of the “Great ... ...
  • Defending or Defeating Democracy: Supreme Court Led Electoral Reform in Jan Chaukidar
    • No. 36-3, 2015
    • Statute Law Review
    • 286-292
    ... ... of reasoning that is both harmonious with the scheme of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (‘Act’) and practical. 2. THE COURT’S ... ...
  • 2011-05-01
    • No. , May 2011
    • Edinburgh Law Review
    • 243-274
    ... ... to the great consolidating measure of UK electoral law, the Representation of the People Act 1983.77“The Representation of the People Act 1983 ... ...
  • Constitutional Statutes
    • No. 28-2, 2007
    • Statute Law Review
    • iii-v
    ... ... Reform Acts which distributed and enlarged the franchise (Representation of the People Acts 1832 (2 & 3 Will 4 c 45), 1867 (30 & 31 Vict c 102) and ... ...
  • Validating Election Law 2013: a Bad Precedent
    • No. 35-2, 2014
    • Statute Law Review
    • 133-138
    ... ... 543 Members of Parliament of 15th (present) Lok Sabha (House of the People) have pending criminal cases against them. 2 Conduct of a criminal trial ... the provisions of sub-section (5) of section 62 of the Representation of People Act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as RPAct, 1951), is not an ... ...
  • Henry Thring: the First Modern Drafter
    • No. 24-1, 2003
    • Statute Law Review
    • 91-92
    ... ... public office. In 1867 he drafted the Representation of the People Act 1867 ... in one day. In 1871 he drafted the Army Act ... ...
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