Constitutional Conventions in UK Law
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Top‐Down Constitutional Conventions
Many scholars think that all conventions of the constitution emerge from the bottom up, out of the practices of constitutional actors. Here we develop the first systematic account of conventions th...
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Constitutional Conventions and the Prince of Wales
The Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) held in Evans v Information Commissioner that certain correspondence between Prince Charles and government officials must be disclosed under free...
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Parliaments, constitutional conventions, and popular sovereignty
There is growing interest in the United Kingdom in holding a constitutional convention (CC) to deliberate possible reforms to the political system. What form should a CC take? Having identified a r...
- Constitutional Conventions: Dicey's Predecessors
- The Brexit Case and Constitutional Conventions
- Changing the Leader — the Constitutional Conventions concerning the Resignation of Prime Ministers and Premiers
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REFLECTIONS ON THE TRUE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SCOTT REPORT FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
The immediate impact of the Scott report was slight because it had no conclusion and led to no ministerial or other resignations. Reasons for this inconclusiveness were examined, including conventi...... ... for this inconclusiveness were examined, including conventions of the judicial process, the difficulty Scott had in defining ... examining, the slipperiness of those offences as constitutional conventions and Scott's lack of grasp of administrative ... ...
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Reforming the United Kingdom Constitution: Law, Convention, Soft Law
The Governance of Britain Green Paper continues the programme of constitutional reform begun in 1997, and appears to reinforce the juridification of the UK's constitution. Nevertheless, several key...... ... nance of Britain Green Paperco ntinues the programm e of constitutional reform begun in 1 997, and appearsto reinforce the juridi¢cation of the ... be implemented not by legislation, but bycreating new conventions.This article argues that such‘declared ’ conventions are best ... ...
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Customs, mores and culture in determining the scope of law and financial crime control – relevance of Savigny and Lord Denning’s analysis
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of customs and morality on financial crime control in developing countries, against the background of inherited foreign laws and internati...... ... on existing anti-graft journals, text books, decided cases, constitutional provisions, statutoryprovisionsand United Nation Conventions.Findings ... ...
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Devolution and EU Policy Making: The Territorial Challenge
This paper seeks to document the impact of structural and organisational change brought about through devolution on the UK's handling of European policy, and thereby to illustrate the nature of the...... ... , we examine distinctive features of the new constitutional and structural framework of EU policy-making; the guidelines and conventions for the multi-levelled management of policy in this area; and ... ...
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