The Constitution in Crisis 2016

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When:
December 8, 2016 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
2016-12-08T17:30:00+00:00
2016-12-08T19:00:00+00:00
Where:
Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College
Linton Rd
Oxford OX2
UK
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Foundation for Law, Justice and Society
01865 284433
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Following the High Court ruling that the government, under a centuries-old Royal Prerogative, does not have the power to trigger Article 50 to leave the EU, MPs have claimed that we are entering a full-blown constitutional crisis.

In this lecture, Professor Denis Galligan will set out the principles of Britain’s unwritten or uncodified constitution, and assess the implications for the ongoing dispute over the role of parliament in deciding the terms of the UK’s post-Referendum future.