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[News] The UK Supreme Court has been formally opened

Today marks the formal opening of the UK Supreme Court with the swearing in of its 11 justices in a ceremony in London. The Supreme Court, housed at Middlesex Guildhall, replaces the Law Lords as the last court of appeal in all matters other than criminal cases in Scotland. According to BBC news ( "UK...

Posted to Comparative Administrative Law Blog (Weblog) by akis.psygkas on 10-01-2009
English statutes cleaned up

In the UK, Parliament takes an axe to the laws to eliminate the archaic and obsolete laws. Article here: " Legal clean-out purges old laws By Michael Peel, Legal Correspondent Published: March 19 2008 03:50 | Last updated: March 19 2008 03:50 Hundreds of allegedly obsolete laws on subjects ranging...

Posted to Yale Law Library - Reference Blog (Weblog) by John Nann on 03-20-2008
Now this looks very useful: history meets technology, again!

It has always seemed that history is the area of research best suited for the heavy use of technology. A new wiki on English medieval legal documents confirms this again! The notice of the wiki, published on the listserv of the American Association of Law Libraries Special Interest Section for Foreign...

Posted to Yale Law Library - Reference Blog (Weblog) by Tom Boone on 03-11-2008
Hansard's Parliamentary Debates

The UK Parliament is planning to put 200 years of its debates online . All Hansard reports from 1804 through 2004 are scheduled to be digitized and posted. Currently, Handsard debates from November 1988 are available at the Parliament web site .

Posted to Yale Law Library - Reference Blog (Weblog) by Tom Boone on 03-07-2008
The English Bill of Rights - a bill of responsibilities!

This is really interesting. The proposed new British Bill of Rights looks increasingly like a bill of responsibilities. Responsibilities that are enforceable in court! More from The Guardian : A new British bill of rights and duties may include duties of behaviour between fellow citizens that are enforceable...

Posted to Yale Law Library - Reference Blog (Weblog) by Tom Boone on 02-14-2008
The Guardian gets into the constitutional conversation

The constitutional conversation is getting interesting. Here The Guardian gets in its two cents (is that pence?): Evolution not revolution is the way for constitutions to develop - except, perhaps, at times in history when a real revolution is under way. That was the message of justice secretary Jack...

Posted to Yale Law Library - Reference Blog (Weblog) by Tom Boone on 02-14-2008
Fall-Out from Straw's constitutional comments

That didn't take long. Responses to Straw's comments are coming fast and furious. This will be interesting to watch. Here is an article in The Times : What a difference a few hours make. In the morning, Jack Straw’s heavily qualified hints about working towards a written constitution were welcomed...

Posted to Yale Law Library - Reference Blog (Weblog) by Tom Boone on 02-14-2008
Jack Straw discusses a written constitution for Britain

Jack Straw discussed the future of the British constitution and bill of rights and responsibilities on BBC yesterday. The Guardian picks it up: Britain is unlikely to have a full written constitution for at least 10 or 20 years, the justice secretary, Jack Straw, said today. He confirmed that he is drawing...

Posted to Yale Law Library - Reference Blog (Weblog) by Tom Boone on 02-13-2008
A Supreme Court for the UK nears

As a Supreme Court for the UK approaches, appellate judging is in the news. From The Times : How many law lords does it take to decide a case? Normally, the answer is five. But last week and this, nine members of the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords are hearing two important cases. When the...

Posted to Yale Law Library - Reference Blog (Weblog) by Tom Boone on 02-13-2008

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