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Government to keep remaining Royal prerogative powers

ispystrangers wrote 1 month ago: by ePolitix.com The remaining Royal prerogative powers are unlikely to be abolished or reformed, acc … more →

Tags: commons, History, procedure, Constitutional Reform, epolitix, gordon brown, Ministry of Justice, prerogative power

Reducing the power of the privy council

thaipoliticalprisoners wrote 1 month ago: In a timely piece given rumors of the king’s demise, Prachatai (14 October 2009: “Academ … more →

Tags: Monarchy, Privy Council, Succession, Prem Tinsulanonda, Somsak Jeamteerasakul

Parliament begins 82-day summer recess

ispystrangers wrote 4 months ago: The House of Lords and the House of Commons have gone into recess. MPs and peers will next meet on O … more →

Tags: Lords, commons, procedure, parliament.uk, Summer Recess, HM The Queen, state opening of parliament, prorogation, prerogative act

Queen allows MPs to debate 300 year ban on foreign workers

ispystrangers wrote 5 months ago: by Tony Grew A debate on a private member’s bill had an unusual start on Friday when the Queen … more →

Tags: commons, David Heath, Christopher Chope, Cabinet Office, Private Member's Bill, EU, Ireland, HM The Queen, London

What is a privy counsellor?

ispystrangers wrote 5 months ago: Today Downing St announced that MPs Sadiq Khan, Angela E Smith, Paul Goggins, and Mike O’Brien will … more →

Tags: commons, History, Sadiq Khan, Margaret Beckett, HM The Queen, reshuffle, Downing St., Privy Council, Privy Counsellor

Regina (Shields) v Secretary of State for Justice - Times Law Reports

sally wrote 10 months ago: Regina (Shields) v Secretary of State for Justice Queen’s Bench Divisional Court “The Se … more →

Tags: law reports, pardons

R (Shields) v Secretary of State for Justice - WLR Daily

traceydennis wrote 11 months ago: R (Shields) v Secretary of State for Justice [2008] EWHC 3102 (Admin); [2008] WLR (D) 398 “The … more →

Tags: law reports, pardons

Iraq, Blair & the "Art of the Possible"1 comment

keeptonyblairforpm wrote 1 year ago: Home Ann Clwyd MP, on the Iraq Inquiry Debate BREAKING NEWS: BROWN TO SARKOZY – “I WILL … more →

Tags: 1. Tony Blair, iraq, liberal democrats, Conservatives, Brown (Gordon Brown & his Labour Government, from J, William Hague, Steve Richards, iraq inquiry debate, Jack Straw

THE MONARCHY – AN OUTDATED CONCEPT3 comments

rachelm08 wrote 1 year ago: The role of the monarchy is largely – if not entirely symbolic.  Its powers form part of convention, … more →

Tags: Comment, Monarchy, The Monarchy, Monarch, quuen, The Queen, monarchy reform

"The Governance of Britain" and a New Chapter on Liberty?

catherinem wrote 2 years ago: On 25 October 2007, Gordon Brown set out his plans to write the next chapter in the story of British … more →

Tags: Bill or Rights, Constitutional Reform, Conventions, Executive, Government Accountability, House of Commons, Human Rights, Judiciary, Parliament

Regina (Bancoult) v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No. 2) - Times Law Reports

sally wrote 2 years ago: Abuse of executive power over Chagos Islanders Regina (Bancoult) v. Secretary of State for Foreign a … more →

Tags: Chagos islands, judicial review, law reports

R (Bancoult) v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No. 2) - WLR Daily

sally wrote 2 years ago: R (Bancoult) v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No. 2) [2007] EWCA Civ 498 … more →

Tags: Chagos islands, judicial review, law reports

Chagos islanders win legal battle to return home - The Independent

sally wrote 2 years ago: “Families expelled from the Chagos Islands by the British Government to make way for the Diego … more →

Tags: Chagos islands, News

MPs support war-powers proposals - BBC News

sally wrote 2 years ago: “MPs have approved moves to give Parliament the final say on whether British troops should be … more →

Tags: News, War

Chagos Islanders - Prerogative and Judicial Review

catherinem wrote 2 years ago: February 2007 On 5 February 2007, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office began their appeal against a H … more →

Tags: Article, Human Rights, judicial review, Public Law

Recent developments - Judicial Review and Prerogative Powers

catherinem wrote 2 years ago: For a useful account tracing the approach of the courts to judicial review of prerogative powers see … more →

Tags: Public Law, ECHR, international law, judicial review

Waging War and the Royal Prerogative

catherinem wrote 2 years ago: Should the power to declare war be made more democratic? Should it be the power of people rather tha … more →

Tags: Public Law, Parliament, Conventions


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