Constitutions essentially determine how policy issues, often of fundamental social importance, are to be decided and implemented.
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Beyond the Liberal Constitution: The United States
Over 500 attend Putney Debates 2017 to debate UK’s constitutional future
The Authoritarian's New Clothes: Tendencies Away from Constitutional Democracy

Publications

The Impact of Populism on Courts
There is a general trend among recent populist movements to implement measures that interfere with the independence and proper functioning of the j
Populist Constitutionalism and Meaningful Popular Engagement
Populists challenge liberal constitutionalism on democratic grounds, by invoking popular sovereignty and claiming to put the ordinary citizen in th
The Italian Constitutional Conundrum and the Rise of Populism
One of the driving principles behind the contemporary populist vision of democracy is to no longer respect legal boundaries and constitutional cons

Opinion

Colombian Peace Processes: Parapolítica and the transformative role of Courts in transition

The Colombian Constitution represents a great success story among the many constitutions written, re-written, or reformed in Latin America,...
Muddling Through: Brexit, the unwritten Constitution, and the Limits of Political Authority

Denis Galligan, Oxford Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, explores the unfolding constitutional crisis in the wake of the EU Referendum and asks:...
Will the People of Chile Succeed in Rewriting their ‘Dictatorship Constitution’?

In October 2015, the Chilean President made a nationwide announcement to inaugurate the Constituent Process that would lead to a new Constitution...

Recent Podcasts

Populism in the Age of Brexit

Constitutional expert Professor Neil Walker, Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations at the University of Edinburgh,...

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