The British constitution is unusually opaque and poorly grasped even by those whose powers it governs: “The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be,” as the queen has ...

The story Bowie tells illuminates two initial advantages of written constitutionalism: clarity and accessibility. Thomas Paine proudly compared the unseen British Constitution with the American ...

The constitution of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (known generally but inexactly as the “British constitution”) was until recently a dull subject. Textbooks on ...

From the beginning, the contrast between the British constitutional tradition and that of the legal order of the European Community that Britain would join in the early 1970s appeared stark. The ...

Voices A written constitution might be a good idea – but it won’t save us from the idiots. If you want evidence a codified constitution is not a panacea, take a look across the Atlantic, where ...

Professor Vernon Bogdanor spoke about the role of the monarchy and representative political institutions in Britain, the practice of British constitutional government, as well as changes in the ...

And plenty of written constitutions function well. The British constitution was not flexible enough to stop the country from breaking apart in 1922 when the Republic of Ireland seceded.

As every student of history is well aware, the British Constitution is unique. It exists in the imagination, and is nowhere to be found written on parchment, or engraved on tables of metal or ...

Ceremonies like the coronation are not technically required for the heir to the throne to become the new British monarch, UCL's Constitution Unit says. King Edward VIII, for example, ruled without ...

The constitution of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (known generally but inexactly as the “ British constitution”) was until recently a dull subject.