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UK Constitutional Law Association

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Jun 10
Sara Closs-Davies, Dominic de Cogan and Amy Lawton: Devolving Power, Dividing Outcomes – The Social Consequences of UK Fiscal Devolution ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026…

Sara Closs-Davies, Dominic de Cogan and Amy Lawton: Devolving Power, Dividing Outcomes – The Social...

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…

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Jun 9
Adrian Kreutz: Dualism, Constitutional Conservatism, and Politically Sensitive Judicial Review ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026…

Adrian Kreutz: Dualism, Constitutional Conservatism, and Politically Sensitive Judicial Review

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…

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Jun 8
Conor McCormick: Monitoring the Judiciary ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026…

Conor McCormick: Monitoring the Judiciary

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…

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Jun 4
Adam Tomkins: Money and the Making of the British Constitution ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026…

Adam Tomkins: Money and the Making of the British Constitution

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…

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May 27
Yossi Nehushtan and Faye Thomas: Retrospective Rule Making, the Rule of Law, and UK Immigration Policy ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026…

Yossi Nehushtan and Faye Thomas: Retrospective Rule Making, the Rule of Law, and UK Immigration P...

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…

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May 21
Nikos Skoutaris: Fault Lines: The UK’s Asymmetric Constitution and the Problem of Self-Determination After May 2026 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026…

Nikos Skoutaris: Fault Lines: The UK’s Asymmetric Constitution and the Problem of Self-Determinat...

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…

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May 20
Dane Luo: Andy Burnham and the Constitution – The Conventions on the Appointment of the Prime Minister ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026…

Dane Luo: Andy Burnham and the Constitution – The Conventions on the Appointment of the Prime Min...

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…

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May 19
Call for Papers – Extended Deadline: UKCLA Early Career Workshop in Constitutional Law and Theory ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026…

Call for Papers – Extended Deadline: UKCLA Early Career Workshop in Constitutional Law and Theory

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…

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May 19
Thomas Poole and Elena De Nictolis: The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026…

Thomas Poole and Elena De Nictolis: The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026

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…

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May 14
Colin Murray: Hollowing out Northern Ireland’s Post-Brexit Rights Protections in Re Dillon [2026] UKSC 15 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026…

Colin Murray: Hollowing out Northern Ireland’s Post-Brexit Rights Protections in Re Dillon [2026]...

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…

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May 12
Gareth Evans: The Senedd Election: What are the next steps for government formation in Wales? ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026…

Gareth Evans: The Senedd Election: What are the next steps for government formation in Wales?  

On 7 May 2026, the people of Wales went to the polls to elect the seventh Senedd Cymru. For a number of reasons, this was always destined to be a change election in Wales: using a new voting system…

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May 6
Lewis Graham: Judicial Ideology and Supreme Court Appointments ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026…

Lewis Graham: Judicial Ideology and Supreme Court Appointments

Appointing Supreme Court Justices When a vacancy arises on the UK Supreme Court (UKSC), how is it filled? And what considerations are taken into account when deciding on which qualified candidate t…

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May 5
Simon Karsunke: What comes next? The way forward on House of Lords reform ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026…

Simon Karsunke: What comes next? The way forward on UK House of Lords reform

On 18 March 2026 the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill became the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026. Following one final vote on the evening of the 10th of March 2026 in the House of …

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Apr 30
Jonathan Collinson: A New Independent Appeals Body for Immigration and Asylum: Accountability, Transparency, and Oversight ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026…

Jonathan Collinson: A New Independent Appeals Body for Immigration and Asylum: Accountability,...

This post examines questions of accountability, transparency and oversight in the context of the UK government’s proposal for a new Independent Appeals Body for immigration and asylum decisions, re…

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Apr 27
Call for Papers: UKCLA Early Career Workshop in Constitutional Law and Theory ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026…

Call for Papers: UKCLA Early Career Workshop in Constitutional Law and Theory, University of Bristol

Bristol University’s Centre for European and Public Law (CEPL), and Liverpool University’s Public Law Unit are pleased to announce a one-day workshop for PhD candidates and early-career researchers…

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Apr 22
Antoinette Nestor: “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt”: Real-World Consequences and Environmental Assessment after Finch ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026…

Antoinette Nestor: “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt”: Real-World Consequences and Environmental Assess...

Environmental Impact Assessments in the UK increasingly resemble We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. In Michael Rosen’s story, every obstacle presents the same catch phrase: “We can’t go over it. We can’t …

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Apr 20
Adam Tomkins: On ABJ: Proscribed Organisations, Proportionality, and Freedom of Speech ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026…

Adam Tomkins: On ABJ: Proscribed Organisations, Proportionality, and Freedom of Speech

In R v ABJ [2026] UKSC 8 a unanimous Supreme Court ruled that the offence of expressing support for a proscribed organisation, as defined in the Terrorism Act 2000, is not a disproportionate interf…

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Apr 13
Ronan Cormacain: Mandarin: Shining a light on prerogative legislation in the Chagos Islands ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026…

Ronan Cormacain: Mandarin: Shining a light on prerogative legislation in the Chagos Islands

The British Indian Ocean Territory Constitution Order 2004 is legislation made by Royal Prerogative. Section 9 provides that there is no right of abode in the Chagos Islands. In R (Mandarin) v HM B…

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Apr 8
Francesca Jackson: King Charles, President Trump and the State Visit: Some Constitutional Considerations ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026…

Francesca Jackson: King Charles, President Trump and the State Visit: Some Constitutional Conside...

Buckingham Palace has finally announced that the King and Queen’s planned visit to the US will indeed go ahead at the end of April 2026. After US President Donald Trump launched a string of verbal …

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Apr 2
Chloe Reddock: A Plan 2 far ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026…

Chloe Reddock: A Plan 2 far?

In 2025, the Student Loans Company reported that graduates in England leave university with an average debt of £53,000, repayable with interest. Understandably, many regard this as unjust when less…

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