How the coalition works
Here’s a link to an interesting, short (15 minute) BBC programme about how the coalition works. It’s an interview with the authors of a new book called The Politics of Coalition.
Freedom of information? Blair-Bush phone calls “may be suppressed”
It is reported in the Guardian today that: An explosive transcript of one of Tony Blair’s final conversations with George Bush before the invasion of Iraq may be suppressed by the coalition government, Whitehall sources have confirmed. […]
Should prisoners have the right to vote?
It is reported today that the UK has been taken to task by the Council of Europe’s new human rights commissioner for failing to implement a ruling by the European […]
A new President for the UK Supreme Court
It was announced earlier today that the UK Supreme Court is to have a new President. Lord Neuberger – who is presently the Master of the Rolls: the senior judge […]
House of Lords reform: the politics
It is already looking unlikely that the House of Lords Reform Bill will be enacted – at least in the form in which it was originally introduced, and on which […]
A British Bill of Rights?
The Commission on a Bill of Rights is considering whether the Human Rights Act 1998 should be replaced, or supplemented, by a “British Bill of Rights”. Today, it issued a […]
“Law in Focus”
The Law Faculty at Cambridge has just launched a series of short videos called “Law in Focus”, in which issues of current legal interest are explained and commented on by Faculty members with expertise in the relevant area. Here are the first two videos:
Reform of the House of Lords: the proposals
In an earlier post, I explained some of the background to the question of House of Lords reform. But exactly what sort of reforms are proposed – and how can […]
Should prospective lawyers do a Law degree?
Lord Sumption – a Justice of the UK Supreme Court – is reported to have said that “it is best not to read law as an undergraduate”, and that people […]
Reform of the House of Lords: the issues
As a constitutional lawyer, I’m interested (among other things) in how we’re governed, how the government is held to account for what it does, and how our laws are made. In […]
Welcome to applyingforlaw
Welcome to applyingforlaw – a blog for those who are thinking about applying, or who have recently applied, to study Law at University. Prospective Law students often ask me what they should be reading – to enable them to make up their minds about whether Law is the right course of them, to help to start thinking about legal issues as […]
