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Parliamentary Sovereignty and EU Membership: Did Brexit Regain Parliament’s Sovereignty?
Introduction The principle of parliamentary sovereignty has been a long-held tenet of the UK’s unwritten constitution. AV Dicey outlined its features in 1885. However, 87 years later, the UK became a member of the European Economic Communities, with the European Communities Act 1972 providing the domestic legal basis for EU law in the UK. Lord Denning described EU law as ‘an incoming tide […] [that] cannot be held back’.[1] However, others, such as Professor Phillip Norto

Katie Ann Twelves
28 min read


The Undoing of Corporate Governance at Hyflux
Singapore-based corporate darling Hyflux made sure that it ticked all the right boxes when it came to governance and regulatory...

Andrew Leo
10 min read


‘Big Brother is Watching You’: The Use of Live Facial Recognition by Law Enforcement Agencies and International Human Rights Law
The voice came from an oblong metal plaque like a dulled mirror which formed part of the surface of the right-hand wall […]. The...

Udit Mahalingam
22 min read


Location, Location, Location: Jurisdiction and Enforcement in the Land where Location Does Not Exist
Introduction Legal dramas often focus on the climax of courtroom arguments and verdicts. In doing so, they gloss over crucial aspects...


On Rules-based Order
There is a certain irony in a prisoner of law receiving a prize given by lawyers. Something must have gone very wrong when one who...

Chow Hang-tung
17 min read


Jonathan Sumption’s Conceptual Gaps and Misconceptions on Historical Apologies and Judicial Diversity
I. Introduction Jonathan Sumption—once described by The Guardian as ‘the brain of Britain’—is a professional historian and former...

Alberto Alvarez-Jimenez
19 min read


Migrants in Tunisia—When Sovereignty Triumphs over Dignity
Preamble ‘Tunisia will remain a state that will fight for the oppressed (or stand with the oppressed) and prevail for the victims of...

Romdhane Ben Amor
30 min read


Conflict and Constitutionalism in Sudan: In Conversation with Abdelkhalig Shaib
Abdelkhalig Shaib is a Sudanese attorney and member of the American and New York Bar Associations, who specializes in constitutionalism...

Solomon Njombai
26 min read
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