Open AccessDo events since 23 June 2016 strengthen or weaken the case for the United Kingdom adopting a written, codified Constitution?
Author(s) -
Naseem Ahmad Khan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ials student law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2053-7646
DOI - 10.14296/islr.v7i1.5122
Subject(s) - constitution , referendum , brexit , law , certainty , government (linguistics) , political science , legal certainty , kingdom , economics , european union , politics , epistemology , linguistics , philosophy , economic policy , paleontology , biology
This article discusses the UK Government’s proposals to adopt a codified Constitution in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland after the Brexit Referendum of 2016. It discusses the reasons behind the lack of support for a codified Constitution, weighing up arguments for and against. The article concludes that although a codified Constitution may provide greater certainty, without recognition of the theoretical doctrines and concepts that form the current constitutional framework, a codified Constitution would be administratively unworkable.