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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 judiciary.

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 the centre of the political...

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 constraints to the so-called ‘...

Constitution in Crisis: The New Putney Debates

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Constitution in Crisis: The New Putney Debates

The debates that began at St Mary's Church, Putney on 28 October 1647 pioneered the liberal, democratic settlement in England: a written constitution, universal suffrage,...

The Constitutional Court of Poland: The Battle for Judicial Independence

In this policy brief, human rights and criminal lawyer Mikołaj Pietrzak argues that Poland's ruling party is implementing a programme of deep constitutional, social, and...

The Authoritarian's New Clothes: Tendencies Away from Constitutional Democracy

In this policy brief, constitutional law and human rights expert Gábor Tóth examines the changing face of authoritarianism, warning that this could become known as the century...

The Constitution of the French Fifth Republic and the Implications for the 2017 Presidential Elections

Professor of French Government and Politics David S Bell charts the extraordinary fall from grace of Republican presidential candidate Francois Fillon, following the scandal...

What Is at Stake in the Turkish Constitutional Referendum?

In this policy brief, Dr Bill Kissane of LSE examines the Turkish referendum on the most ambitious changes to the Turkish constitution yet seen, which was called in the...

Political and Constitutional Conflict in the West Papua Region of Indonesia

This policy brief, published in conjunction with the University of Warwick...

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