Martin Loughlin

Martin Loughlin’s most recent book is The British Constitution: A Very Short Introduction.

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A ‘Hurrah’ Word

13 April 2023

Stephen Sedley’s review of my book Against Constitutionalism focuses on a series of prominent political controversies – from a Trump-engineered US Supreme Court to Modi’s policies in India and Netanyahu’s in Israel – in order to raise a warning (LRB, 13 April). ‘Who can say with confidence that such things couldn’t happen here?’ he asks, impressing on us the vital importance of...

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Cloudy Horizon: Constitutional Business

Stephen Sedley, 13 April 2023

It would be naive to ignore the vulnerability of an organic constitution such as the UK’s to capture or erosion from within, when government contempt for both constitutional propriety and legality is...

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Beware Kite-Flyers: The British Constitution

Stephen Sedley, 12 September 2013

The constitution is both a description of how we are governed, and a prescriptive account of how we ought to be governed; in both respects it undergoes constant change.

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