In approaching questions of constitutional change I have learned to be circumspect. It is now clear to me—as it was not even a few years ago—that it is entirely possible to find proponents for almost ...

Under a written constitution all would have access to the political ‘rulebook’. Does the UK need a written constitution? Joshua Rozenberg said that he had been writing essays on the subject since his ...

When we think about constitutions, we usually picture a formal, written document that outlines the legal principles and rights of a country. However, some countries have an “unwritten constitution.” ...

Amidst all the debate surrounding the Magna Carta as its eight hundredth anniversary arrives, one of the most arresting points must surely be the simple fact that elements of it are still the law of ...

Appearing on The World Tonight on BBC Radio 4 Professor Sionadh Douglas-Scott was asked whether Britain should have a codified constitution. She said: “Yes I think it is time to consider it. Recent ...

Leon Trotsky maintained that war is the locomotive of history, but for Linda Colley, it is the source of codified constitutions. In The Gun, the Ship and the Pen, a well-written contribution to global ...

BEIJING (XINHUA) - The draft amendment to China's Constitution is scheduled to be submitted to the national legislature for deliberation on Monday (March 5), which is expected to enshrine Xi Jinping ...

Once upon a time I was a living embodiment of Robert Conquest’s third law, which holds: “The simplest way to explain the behaviour of any bureaucratic organisation is to assume that it is controlled ...

Could a written constitution save us from the worst instincts of a gangster government? As the double headed monster that is Dominic Cummings/Boris Johnson torches Britain’s unwritten one, the ...