In approaching questions of constitutional change I have learned to be circumspect. It is now clear to me—as it was not even a few years ago—that it is entirely possible to find proponents for almost ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Amidst all the debate surrounding the Magna Carta as its eight hundredth anniversary arrives, one of the most arresting points must surely be the simple fact that elements of it are still the law of ...

Appearing on The World Tonight on BBC Radio 4 Professor Sionadh Douglas-Scott was asked whether Britain should have a codified constitution. She said: “Yes I think it is time to consider it. Recent ...

Far-right German MPs were unwise to protest against a new coronavirus law (Report, November 19). On the other hand, at least Germany actually has its Grundgesetz; always available to be draped in ...

Yes, if by “proper” we mean codified, with some provisions “entrenched” so they are harder to change. Britain is one of a tiny handful of states in the world to lack a codified constitution. Nothing ...

Democratic Audit has been monitoring the workings of the uncodified UK constitution, through teams of scholars, lawyers and other experts, since 1992. Marcel Berlins writes (Writ large, February 18) ...

Leon Trotsky maintained that war is the locomotive of history, but for Linda Colley, it is the source of codified constitutions. In The Gun, the Ship and the Pen, a well-written contribution to global ...

In approaching questions of constitutional change I have learned to be circumspect. It is now clear to me—as it was not even a few years ago—that it is entirely possible to find proponents for almost ...

Under a written constitution all would have access to the political ‘rulebook’. Does the UK need a written constitution? Joshua Rozenberg said that he had been writing essays on the subject since his ...