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Constitutional Reform in the United Kingdom
By
The Centre for Public Law at the University of Cam
Description
The Labour
Government\\\'s proposals for reform of the UK\\\'s internal constitutional
arrangements promise the most wide-ranging and substantial overhaul
of the constitution this century. Their plans,which include
devolution for Scotland and Wales, incorporation of the ECHR, a
Freedom of Information Bill and reform of both houses of Parliament
are already far progressed, but critical choices have still to be
made.
Against this
background, and in view of these historical events, the Directors of
the Centre for Public Law at the University of Cambridge recently
organised a major conference to discuss the legal and practical
implications of the proposed reforms. Speakers at the conference
included leading academics, barristers, solicitors, judges and
politicians. The results, which are reproduced in this volume of
conference proceedings, will be essential reading for all those
interested in constitutional reform and in British political history.
Sir Jack Beatson
is a High Court judge, having previously been the Rouse Ball
Professor of English Law in the University of Cambridge, and Fellow
of St. John\\\'s College, Cambridge.
Contents
Introduction by
Jack Beatson and Christopher Forsyth and Ivan Hare
The Cambridge
Centre for Public Law
Conference
Chairmen, Speakers and Panellists
Summary of Main
Points Made by Speakers and Delegates
Keynote Address
by Lord Irvine of Lairg 1
1 Devolution: The
Constitutional Aspects by Vernon Bogdanor 9
2 Devolution and
the Judiciary by Robert Reed 21
3 Constitutional
Reform, The Sovereignty of Parliament and Devolution by Anthony
Bradley 33
4 Devolution: The
Welsh Perspective by David Williams 41
5 Devolution:
Some Key Issues and a Northern Ireland Searchlight by Brigid
Hadfield 52
6 The United
Kingdom\\\'s Bill of Rights by William Wade 61
7 The
Incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights by Sydney
Kentridge 69
8 Patriating
Rights - With Reservations: The Human Rights Bill 1998 by Geoffrey
Marshall 73
9 Tugging on
Superman\\\'s Cape: Lessons from Experience with the New Zealand Bill of
Rights Act 1990 by Michael Taggart 85
10 The European
Convention on Human Rights: Issues Relating to its Interpretation in
the Light of the Human Rights Bill by Peter Duffy 99
11 The Impact of
the Human Rights Act on Public Law by Lord Lester of Herne Hill 105
12 Some Thoughts
on Parliamentary Reform by Robert Rhodes James 111
13 The Taylor
Reforms to Commons Business and Reform of the House of Lords by
Robert Maclennan 119
14 The Reform of
Parliament: Sovereignty and Accountability by Bernard Jenkin 125
15 Reforming the
House of Lords: A Step by Step Guide by Robert Hazell 129
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