Manchester University Press
4 The constitution, the EU and Brexit
Abstract
This chapter analyses the constitutional consequences of the United Kingdom joining the European Communities (EC), later the European Union (EU), creating a new juridical dimension to the UK constitution, and how Parliament adapted to membership through adapting its structures to enable it to scrutinise and influence proposals for European law. It identifies the problems deriving from the result of the 2016 referendum on leaving or remaining in the EU, the challenges encountered by the May and Johnson governments in seeking to negotiate a withdrawal agreement and achieve parliamentary approval for that agreement and the clash between the outcomes of the 2016 referendum and the general election of 2017.
Abstract
This chapter analyses the constitutional consequences of the United Kingdom joining the European Communities (EC), later the European Union (EU), creating a new juridical dimension to the UK constitution, and how Parliament adapted to membership through adapting its structures to enable it to scrutinise and influence proposals for European law. It identifies the problems deriving from the result of the 2016 referendum on leaving or remaining in the EU, the challenges encountered by the May and Johnson governments in seeking to negotiate a withdrawal agreement and achieve parliamentary approval for that agreement and the clash between the outcomes of the 2016 referendum and the general election of 2017.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables vi
- Preface vii
- 1 Britain’s uncodified constitution 1
- 2 Constitutional twin pillars 18
- 3 Constitutional conventions 32
- 4 The constitution, the EU and Brexit 51
- 5 Parliament and referendums 67
- 6 Parliament and the courts 83
- 7 The law of Parliament 100
- 8 Fixed- term Parliaments 115
- 9 Choosing, and removing, a prime minister 128
- 10 A deputy to the prime minister 141
- 11 Ministerial responsibility 154
- 12 Devolution 167
- References 183
- Index 195
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables vi
- Preface vii
- 1 Britain’s uncodified constitution 1
- 2 Constitutional twin pillars 18
- 3 Constitutional conventions 32
- 4 The constitution, the EU and Brexit 51
- 5 Parliament and referendums 67
- 6 Parliament and the courts 83
- 7 The law of Parliament 100
- 8 Fixed- term Parliaments 115
- 9 Choosing, and removing, a prime minister 128
- 10 A deputy to the prime minister 141
- 11 Ministerial responsibility 154
- 12 Devolution 167
- References 183
- Index 195
