Courts and Constitutions: Judicial Review 250 Years After Independence
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- Prof David Feldman and Denis EdwardsDavid Feldman: Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law, University of Cambridge, Honorary Professor in the University of Manchester, and Academic Associate of 39 Essex Chambers. Denis Edwards: Barrister of Middle Temple and an Advocate, member of Temple Tax Chambers, Normanton Chambers and 1 Six (Scotland)
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- UCL Faculty of Laws
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- UCL Laws
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- UCL
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About this talk
The American Declaration of Independence in 1776 set off the long-running experiment of a federal USA with a codified Constitution. Its implications have been continuously controversial and different from constitutional developments in the UK over the period. To mark the USA's 250th anniversary celebration and the publication of David Feldman's Key Ideas in Constitutional Law, Denis Edwards and David Feldman will discuss some recent developments in US constitutional law, focusing on freedom of speech and federalism in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, 606 US 461 (2025) and citizenship rights in Trump v. Barbara, 609 US ___ (2026). They will consider what the judgments reveal about the nature of US constitutional law, interpretation, and intensity of judicial review in the fields of federalism and constitutional rights, as compared with some possibly analogous developments in the UK.
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