The purpose of this panel is not to rehash doctrinal controversies around the Article 50 Miller decision of the UK Supreme Court. Instead it will move the academic debate forward by considering some fundamental questions about prerogative powers in light not only of that case but also comparative judicial treatment of non-statutory executive powers (‘NSPs‘),...
Tag: <span>Jeff King</span>
Introduction
Prof King will introduce and moderate the panel along with Prof Levy.
The Rule of Law, State Protection, and Authoritarianism
The liberal orientation of rule of law discourse has treated the state as the primary antagonist against rule of law values. However, in much of the world, the provision of law and regulation of private force is plausibly identified as also being a core rule of law value. The protective function of state law, and...
Commentary on the book
The commentator will address the problems uncovered in the book relating to the relationship between international law and domestic politics and the role of the Westminster Parliament on questions of national and international security, including the solutions proposed by the book to reinvigorate parliamentary discourse and to address government withholding of classified information.