If the UK were to carry out a citizens convention, what should it look like? David Farrell, the Research Director of the Irish Constitutional Convention describes how the Irish model works, and recommends that the UK follow its lead, given the constitutional uncertainties following the Scottish independence referendum, the prospect of ‘English Votes for English Laws’ and a potential referendum on our European Union membershi
LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs and Department of Law, and Democratic Audit have recently teamed u...
The Constitutional Convention was established by the Irish government in 2012. It was tasked with ma...
Ireland has held several referendums on EU issues, with both the Treaty of Nice and the Treaty of Li...
At its party conference, Labour called for a UK constitutional convention. What can be learned from ...
Following an economic and financial crisis in 2009, Ireland became one of the first countries that a...
peer-reviewedIreland’s recent high-profile referendums to liberalize abortion laws and to legalize s...
Calls for a UK citizens convention to assess and rethink our current political and democratic arrang...
Over the past twelve months the Democracy Matters research team, consisting of academics and campaig...
The Select Committee on Political and Constitutional Reform is currently running an inquiry on mappi...
That the UK is in the midst of an ongoing constitutional crisis can no longer be doubted, with quest...
On the 24th -25th April 2019, constitutional experts from across the United Kingdom, the Republic of...
Simon Burall of Involve, a think tank specialising in democracy and public engagement, recently auth...
In the 2012 audit of UK democracy, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Andrew Blick, and Stephen Crone considered how...
Mechanisms of constitutional development have recently attracted significant attention, specifically...
Whatever the result of Scotland’s independence referendum, careful constitutional thinking will be n...
LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs and Department of Law, and Democratic Audit have recently teamed u...
The Constitutional Convention was established by the Irish government in 2012. It was tasked with ma...
Ireland has held several referendums on EU issues, with both the Treaty of Nice and the Treaty of Li...
At its party conference, Labour called for a UK constitutional convention. What can be learned from ...
Following an economic and financial crisis in 2009, Ireland became one of the first countries that a...
peer-reviewedIreland’s recent high-profile referendums to liberalize abortion laws and to legalize s...
Calls for a UK citizens convention to assess and rethink our current political and democratic arrang...
Over the past twelve months the Democracy Matters research team, consisting of academics and campaig...
The Select Committee on Political and Constitutional Reform is currently running an inquiry on mappi...
That the UK is in the midst of an ongoing constitutional crisis can no longer be doubted, with quest...
On the 24th -25th April 2019, constitutional experts from across the United Kingdom, the Republic of...
Simon Burall of Involve, a think tank specialising in democracy and public engagement, recently auth...
In the 2012 audit of UK democracy, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Andrew Blick, and Stephen Crone considered how...
Mechanisms of constitutional development have recently attracted significant attention, specifically...
Whatever the result of Scotland’s independence referendum, careful constitutional thinking will be n...
LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs and Department of Law, and Democratic Audit have recently teamed u...
The Constitutional Convention was established by the Irish government in 2012. It was tasked with ma...
Ireland has held several referendums on EU issues, with both the Treaty of Nice and the Treaty of Li...