Public Law for Everyone
Professor Mark Elliott
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Human Rights
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
November 17, 2025
Misplaced optimism? Lord Briggs on the common law’s capacity to protect human rights in the event of ECHR withdrawal
November 14, 2025
The ‘othering’ of human rights and the agenda underlying calls for ECHR withdrawal
November 7, 2025
The developing domestic debate about the ECHR: Navigating two extremes
July 9, 2025
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood on human rights reform in the UK and in Europe
June 18, 2025
The Rwanda Bill and its constitutional implications
December 6, 2023
Do we need a British Bill of Rights?
February 2, 2022
Constitutional Law: The Big Picture III — Human Rights
June 7, 2021
Oxford and Cambridge Independent Human Rights Act Review event
June 6, 2021
Oxford/Cambridge Independent Human Rights Act Review Event
May 26, 2021
Human Rights Post-Brexit: The Need for Legislation?
February 8, 2018
Unison
in the Supreme Court: Tribunal Fees, Constitutional Rights and the Rule of Law
July 26, 2017
The Conservative Party Manifesto and the Constitution
May 18, 2017
The “bedroom tax”, Convention rights and secondary legislation
April 28, 2017
Theresa May’s case for withdrawal from the ECHR: Politically astute, legally dubious, constitutionally naïve
April 26, 2016
The UK Supreme Court as a constitutional ‘longstop’: Michael Gove’s evidence to the House of Lords Constitution Committee
December 2, 2015
Philippe Sands’ Elson Lecture: Britain, Europe and Human Rights
October 23, 2015
RightsInfo: What are Human Rights?
October 14, 2015
Public Law Update #6: A British Bill of Rights?
October 8, 2015
Michael Gove, the Justice Committee and the Human Rights Act
July 15, 2015
RightsInfo: 50 human-rights cases that transformed Britain
June 26, 2015
Human Rights in the United Kingdom: Where Now?
May 22, 2015
Could the Devolved Nations Block Repeal of the Human Rights Act and the Enactment of a New Bill of Rights?
May 12, 2015
Replacing the Human Rights Act: The House of Lords, the Parliament Acts and the Salisbury Convention
May 11, 2015
What does a Conservative government mean for the future of human rights in the UK?
May 8, 2015
Beyond the European Convention: Human Rights and the Common Law
April 26, 2015
RightsInfo — Facilitating Reasoned Debate about Human Rights
April 24, 2015
Are the Conservatives still contemplating withdrawal from the ECHR?
April 23, 2015
Human Rights and the Conservatives’ Manifesto: Four Comments
April 14, 2015
A Post-European British constitution: Plus ça change?
March 2, 2015
#50cases — Three suggestions
February 26, 2015
David Davies MP on the Paris shootings and the Human Rights Act: a short response
January 8, 2015
Moohan: Prisoner voting, the independence referendum and the common law
December 17, 2014
Dominic Grieve on the Conservative Party’s human-rights proposals
December 4, 2014
My analysis of the Conservative Party’s proposals for a British Bill of Rights
October 3, 2014
David Cameron promises a “British Bill of Rights”. And what, exactly, does that mean?
October 1, 2014
The astonishingly low standard of Human Rights Act bashing
September 27, 2014
The Canadian human-rights model: a brief response to Richard Edwards
July 25, 2014
ECHR withdrawal and a British Bill of Rights: some resources
July 24, 2014
Human rights reform and the role of the Strasbourg Court
July 21, 2014
A hardening of Conservative human rights policy: what are the options?
July 17, 2014
Why Dominic Grieve’s departure from the Government might hasten the UK’s withdrawal from the ECHR
July 15, 2014
Labour’s plans for the Human Rights Act
June 3, 2014
The Immigration Act 2014: A sequel to the prisoner-voting saga?
May 23, 2014
The “vigour” of common law rights and values: A v BBC [2014] UKSC 25
May 9, 2014
Whole life tariffs: Court of Appeal differs from, but does not defy, Strasbourg
February 18, 2014
Ministerial changes at the MoJ and the implications for human rights reform
December 18, 2013
Law, Rights and Constitutional Politics: reflections on the Human Rights Act’s past and future
December 3, 2013
The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and UK law
November 15, 2013
Osborn: The common law, the Convention, and the right to an oral hearing
October 10, 2013
Repealing the Human Rights Act: what might lie ahead?
September 30, 2013
Theresa May and Chris Grayling on human rights
September 30, 2013
Abu Qatada is gone—but the debate is far from over
July 8, 2013
The Queen’s Speech, the Immigration Bill and Article 8 ECHR
May 9, 2013
European Human Rights Law Review
article on the Bill of Rights Commission
April 15, 2013
Westminster v Strasbourg: taking the gloves off?
March 13, 2013
Theresa May and the ECHR: some thoughtful responses – and some further thoughts
March 7, 2013
Repealing the Human Rights Act, withdrawing from the ECHR: be careful what you wish for
March 4, 2013
Human Rights Act 1998 (Repeal and Substitution) Bill: going nowhere, but a sign of things to come?
February 28, 2013
A Damp Squib in the Long Grass: The Report of the Commission on a Bill of Rights
February 22, 2013
A human rights reality check for the Home Secretary
February 19, 2013
Belmarsh and the UK constitution #2: The House of Lords’ judgment
February 4, 2013
Belmarsh and the UK constitution #1: Setting the scene
January 31, 2013
Ten things you wanted to know about the Bill of Rights Commission’s report but were afraid to ask
December 19, 2012
Richard Bacon MP and Nick Herbert MP on human rights
December 7, 2012
Why can’t the UK deport Abu Qatada?
November 21, 2012
Free speech and burning poppies
November 12, 2012
Joshua Rozenberg on UK’s relationship with the Council of Europe
November 8, 2012
Justice Secretary on prisoner voting and disproportionate force against burglars
October 29, 2012
The prisoner voting saga, human rights, and the rule of law: the thin end of a very unpleasant wedge
October 25, 2012
Sumption and Sedley on judicial review
October 15, 2012
Social media and free speech (again): the Tom Daley Twitter case
September 20, 2012
Human Rights Court rules against UK’s system of indefinite sentences for “dangerous” criminals
September 18, 2012
Why Chris Grayling’s appointment as Justice Secretary is significant #2: The fate of the Human Rights Act
September 7, 2012
Human Rights Act campaign
September 5, 2012
Religious freedom cases to be heard by European Court of Human Rights
September 3, 2012
The right to decide about the right to die
August 29, 2012
A right not to be offended?
August 1, 2012
Social networking and freedom of speech
July 30, 2012
Asylum-seekers, political opinions and exotically coloured cocktails
July 25, 2012
Free speech, fair trial and the August riots
July 20, 2012
Bad reporting, human rights and criticising judges
July 19, 2012
Should prisoners have the right to vote?
July 16, 2012
A British Bill of Rights?
July 11, 2012
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