
Unwritten Constitutional Norms and Principles
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A comparative, interdisciplinary research project examining the phenomenon of unwritten constitutionalism, focusing on Canada, the UK and Germany
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https://www.durham.ac.uk/ucnp 13-10-2023 15:50:22
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.Daniel Skeffington examines how domestic constitutional constraints around war powers affect the AUKUS alliance and foreign policy commitments more broadly. lawfaremedia.org/article/the-co…

Huge thanks to Profs Stephen Gardbaum UCLA School of Law Vanessa MacDonnell Grégoire Webber Gavin Phillipson & Lord Sales UK Supreme Court for their incisive contributions to this Special Issue of King’s Law Journal on The Collaborative Constitution. What an honour. tandfonline.com/journals/rklj20



Our comparative research project on unwritten constitutionalism discussed topics from the rule of law in Germany to constitutional architecture in Canada, at our workshop Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin last week


Our final event of the year is approaching! 👉Don't miss Prof Vanessa MacDonnell and Dr Seána Glennon of Unwritten Constitutional Norms and Principles with Prof David Kenny as discussant 🗓️ Wed 4 December 3.30-5pm 🌏Room 11 House 39 TCD Law School 📧Contact [email protected] to receive the paper





A big thank you to Richard Albert for featuring my recent lecture on innovations in popular participation in constitutional change (delivered Centre for Constitutional Studies) in The Leaflet - lots of exciting content in this edition:

New blog post from Vanessa MacDonnell on the legal challenge to Justin Trudeau's request for prorogation of parliament in Canada ⬇️

I am excited to announce a special event on the potential for deliberative minipublics to reinvigorate democracy in Canada! 🗓️ Fri February 28 11:30 📍 Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa Co-hosted by Centre de droit public uOttawa Public Law Centre & Allard School of Law Project on Deliberative Governance & Law Register: eventbrite.ca/e/deliberative…


New from Jones, Petrolekas, and me in Globe Opinion: "Canada: Now is our time to be strong and free" theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

New article from Carolyn Harris and me in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social: "The Rules of the Coronation: Differentiating Convention from Practice and Custom" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…