House of Commons - Constitutional role of the judiciary if there were a codified constitution

Political and Constitutional Reform - Fourteenth Report
Constitutional role of the judiciary if there were a codified constitution

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 8 May 2014.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Introduction

2 The current role of the judiciary

Overview

The Constitutional Reform Act 2005

3 Approaches to codification

Different models of codification

The degree of change to the judiciary's role

4 Impact of changes to the role of the judiciary

Parliamentary sovereignty

A codified constitution that retains parliamentary sovereignty

Strike-down powers

Declaration of unconstitutionality

The rule of law

Judicial review

Little or no judicial review powers

Pre-enactment review

5 A separate constitutional court?

6 Consultation with the judiciary

Annex A-Terms of Reference

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament