Cracks in the Foundations?
Exploring the Tension Between Constitutional Tradition and Constitutional Culture in the UK on Referendums and Scottish Independence. By Nicky Gillibrand, Somsubhra Banerjee and Eoin Carolan To read the full article please click here:
Has Right-Wing Populism Reached Argentina?
By Demian Iglesias Seifert Last Sunday, August 13, Argentina held elections to determine the candidates who will run in next October’s national presidential elections. In a surprising turn of events, the far-right candidate Javier Milei, an outsider that started in politics around 2019, surged ahead in the preliminary elections, sending shockwaves through Argentina’s political landscape. Milei won […]
Swedish Exceptionalism: Pandemic Response, Public Trust, and Constitutional Design
By Orlaith Rice Sweden’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic is one that has attracted global commentary. It has been categorised as ‘the EU’s exception’, a ‘pariah state’, and been labelled ‘anti-lockdown’, ‘experimental’, ‘light-touch’, and ‘naïve’. Since Covid-19 was first declared a pandemic in March 2020, Sweden has never imposed a national lockdown, enforced general quarantine […]