Adrian Kreutz: Dualism, Constitutional Conservatism, and Politically Sensitive Judicial Review ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/06/09/a...
UK Constitutional Law Association
Thomas Poole and Elena De Nictolis: The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/05/19/t...
Yossi Nehushtan and Faye Thomas: Retrospective Rule Making, the Rule of Law, and UK Immigration Policy ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/05/27/y...
Dane Luo: Andy Burnham and the Constitution – The Conventions on the Appointment of the Prime Minister ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/05/20/d...
Sara Closs-Davies, Dominic de Cogan and Amy Lawton: Devolving Power, Dividing Outcomes – The Social Consequences of UK Fiscal Devolution ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/06/10/s...
Call for Papers – Extended Deadline: UKCLA Early Career Workshop in Constitutional Law and Theory ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/05/19/c...
Nikos Skoutaris: Fault Lines: The UK’s Asymmetric Constitution and the Problem of Self-Determination After May 2026 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/05/21/n...
Adam Tomkins: Money and the Making of the British Constitution ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/06/04/a...
Conor McCormick: Monitoring the Judiciary ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/06/08/c...
Colin Murray: Hollowing out Northern Ireland’s Post-Brexit Rights Protections in Re Dillon [2026] UKSC 15 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/05/14/c...
1. Introduction Recent public law cases concerning dualism––the operative divide between international and domestic jurisprudence––have prompted renewed debate about the constitutional role of judi…
After months of parliamentary debate, the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (‘English Devolution Act’) received Royal Assent on 29 April 2026. The Act has important implications…
In this post we differentiate between two types of retrospective rule making (RRM): RRM in the strong sense and RRM in the weak sense. We then argue that both types of RRM may violate the rule of l…
After disastrous local government election results for the Labour Party, speculation has been rife about an internal leadership challenge to Prime Minister Keir Starmer. On Thursday 14 May 2026, th…
This post is part of a series on ‘Economic Aspects of the Constitution’. The other posts in the series will be available here. Fiscal devolution in the United Kingdom (UK) is often examined through…
UKCLA Early Career Workshop in Constitutional Law and Theory – University of Bristol – 10 June 2026 *Final call for papers – deadline extended to Sunday 24th May 2026* Bristol Universit…
For the first time in the history of devolution, nationalist or independence-oriented parties lead all three devolved nations simultaneously: Sinn Féin in Northern Ireland, Plaid Cymru in Wales, an…
This post is part of a series on ‘Economic Aspects of the Constitution’. The other posts in the series will be available here. When constitutional lawyers recall the Revolution of 1688 we tend to b…
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 engageme…
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 servant…
