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The future of the Eurozone and the role of the German Constitutional Court. Research Papers in Law, 05/2012 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
[Introduction.] Necessary reforms towards a deepened and increased European shaped economic, financial and budgetary policy, paraphrased with the term “fiscal union”, could possibly reach constitutional limits.
Calliess, Christian
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Centralised by Design: Anglocentric Constitutionalism, Accountability and the Failure of English Devolution

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 189-198, January/March 2025.
Abstract The Labour manifesto in this year's election implied a radical restructuring of the UK state, the way in which England is governed and in relations across the United Kingdom. The aim of making English devolution the ‘default option’ is set against fifty years of unsuccessful and partial devolution initiatives which have failed to reverse the ...
John Denham, Janice Morphet
wiley   +1 more source

The Rules of the Coronation: Differentiating Convention from Practice and Custom

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The coronation of a new monarch is a constitutional event governed by unwritten rules. To understand which aspects of the coronation are constitutionally significant—and which are better understood as the product of tradition or novel approaches—this article examines how three types of unwritten rules structure the ceremony: conventions ...
Carolyn S. Harris, Philippe Lagassé
wiley   +1 more source

The Authoritarian Impulse in Constitutional Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 1988
Should there be greater participation by legislators and citizens in constitutional debate, theory, and decision-making? An increasing number of legal theorists from otherwise divergent perspectives have recently argued against what Paul Brest calls the
West, Robin
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Good Chaps and Guardrails: Backstopping Democracy with a Reverse Salisbury Convention for the House of Lords

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The ‘good chaps’ theory of government relies on officeholders understanding and adhering to implicit lines preventing corruption and abuse of power. Boris Johnson's prime ministership showed some weaknesses in this approach. Recent global experience, especially with the re‐election of Donald Trump, suggests the UK may need stronger backstops ...
Tom Nicholls
wiley   +1 more source

The Recent Civil Disobedience Fidelity to Law

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Generations of citizens have successfully used civil disobedience to enact positive lasting change in their societies. In some places, such as the UK and elsewhere, it is considered a ‘tradition’. But recent instances of civil disobedience—especially in relation to UK climate campaigners—have brought forward numerous challenges, some of which ...
Brian Christopher Jones
wiley   +1 more source

Reforms as the Russian Legislation Development Factor of Social Security in the Light of the RF Constitutional Court Decisions

open access: yesVestnik Omskoj Ûridičeskoj Akademii, 2013
Based on the legal positions of the RF Constitutional Court, general requirements of social reforms’ realization order and legislative regulation are analyzed in the ...
Fedorova M. Yu.
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Are the Rights of Nature the Only Way to Save Lough Neagh?

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Northern Ireland's Lough Neagh—the UK and Ireland's largest freshwater lake—recently hit the headlines owing to an ecological crisis caused by the level of pollutants entering its waters. With political attention drawn to the lough, an emerging idea amongst environmental activists—inspired by the global ‘rights of nature’ (RoN) movement—is ...
Laurence Cooley, Elliott Hill
wiley   +1 more source

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