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Brexit and the Courts: The Uncertain Fate of Constitutional Referendums in the UK

Suteu, S; (2018) Brexit and the Courts: The Uncertain Fate of Constitutional Referendums in the UK. Quaderni Costituzionali , XXXVII (3) pp. 741-754. 10.1439/90914. Green open access

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Abstract

This article seeks to tell the story of the Brexit referendum and the constitutional litigation that followed it. It does so drawing on comparative material regarding the regulation of constitutional referendums as well as their implementation and litigation around contested votes elsewhere. Ultimately, the chapter argues that the EU referendum in the UK, and the Brexit process more generally, have revealed the many uncertainties underpinning the UK constitution accumulated over recent decades. These unsettled norms go to the core of the legal system. They concern: the status of EU law under UK law; the scope and limits of judicial power; the place of referendums and popular sovereignty within the constitution; and the weaknesses inherent in the latter's lack of codification. Rather than being confined to the idiosyncratic British context, however, such problems are shown to emerge wherever the voice of the people is sought to be approximated by way of referendums, and acted upon in order to bring about constitutional upheaval.

Type: Article
Title: Brexit and the Courts: The Uncertain Fate of Constitutional Referendums in the UK
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1439/90914
Publisher version: https://www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1439/90914
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: United Kingdom; Referendums; Brexit; European Union; Judicial Review; Democracy
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Laws
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10052844
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