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Constitutional and Administrative Law 17th Edition by Anthony W. Bradley (Author), Keith D. Ewing (Contributor), Christopher J.S. Knight (Contributor)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

We are living in a decade of political instability in which many of the apparently established
\nfeatures of the British constitution are under severe strain. The general election in 2010 saw
\nthe return of the irst Coalition government since the Second World War, while nationalist
\nsentiment led to a referendum on Scottish independence, the result of which could not be
\nsaid to have been an overwhelming vote in favour of the Union.
\nAlthough the general election of 2015 nevertheless restored a government with a clear
\nmajority, this proved to be only a brief respite from the storms brewing around the Westminster model. These storms have been caused by yet another referendum, one which unlike the
\nScottish referendum went against the government, leading to a narrow vote in favour of
\nBrexit, on a turnout of 72 per cent of those eligible to vote.
\nThe referendum led to the resignation of the Prime Minister and a fresh general election
\nnot long thereafter in which the government increased its popular vote but lost its Commons
\nmajority. After 30 years of single-party governments mostly with clear Commons majorities,
\nthe Coalition thus has been followed by the irst minority government since 1979, relying on
\nthe support of the Democratic Unionist Party, just as Brexit raised diicult questions afecting Northern Ireland.
\nAt the time of writing, the minority British government is negotiating the UK withdrawal
\nfrom the European Union, which is due to take efect on 29 March 2019. The process has
\nalready been diicult, with high-proile litigation leading to (i) what was in this country
\nunprecedented abuse of the judges by sections of the media, and (ii) the strong reassertion of
\nthe principle of parliamentary sovereignty, which the same sections of the media had been
\ncampaigning to promote.
\nAt the centre of these debates was the litigation in R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the EU [2017] UKSC 5 (in which one of us \u2013 CJSK \u2013 acted as counsel). That decision has
\nimportant implications not only for the discussions of parliamentary sovereignty (Chapter 3),
\nbut also the role of constitutional conventions (Chapter 1) and the control of prerogative
\npowers (Chapters 1 and 10), as much as it does for the operation of EU law in the United
\nKingdom (Chapter 6).
\nIt is quite clear that we are in the early stages of what will be a long Brexit process as the
\nconstitutional and other problems continue to be exposed by intense parliamentary and public scrutiny. The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, making domestic provision for leaving
\nthe EU and the body of EU law, has raised concerns about the relationship between government and Parliament, the implications of Brexit for devolution, and the loss of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
\nAs we deal with the Bill in a redrafted Chapter 6, the position of a minority government
\nmeans it is unwise to assume that its contents will be relected in the inal Act of Parliament.
\nIt will be some time before the dust settles on the referendum of 2016, and subsequent editions
\nof this book will likely need to respond to the evolving constitutional implications of a changing
\nlandscape, including our continuing relationship with the EU, whatever that may be.
\nBut although Brexit is thus all-consuming, it is important in the meantime not to lose
\nsight of the other changes that have taken place since 2014, as the United Kingdom\u2019s unique
\nand dynamic constitution continues gradually to evolve. There have been notable developments on other issues afecting most chapters of this book, whether as a result of legislation or
\nnew jurisprudence, some of which have attracted intense media attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Constitutional and Administrative Law 17th Edition by Anthony W. Bradley (Author), Keith D. Ewing (Contributor), Christopher J.S. Knight (Contributor)<\/p>\n