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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Far-right German MPs were unwise to protest against a new coronavirus law (Report, November 19). On the other hand, at least Germany actually has its Grundgesetz; always available to be draped in ...

Democratic Audit has been monitoring the workings of the uncodified UK constitution, through teams of scholars, lawyers and other experts, since 1992. Marcel Berlins writes (Writ large, February 18) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...