
Richard Ekins
Head of the Judicial Power Project
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Richard Ekins is Head of Policy Exchange’s Judicial Power Project. He is Professor of Law and Constitutional Government in the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St John’s College. His published work includes The Nature of Legislative Intent (OUP, 2012), the co-authored book Legislated Rights: Securing Human Rights through Legislation (CUP, 2018) and the edited collections The Rise and Fall of the European Constitution (Hart Publishing, 2019), Judicial Power and the Balance of Our Constitution (Policy Exchange, 2018), Judicial Power and the Left (Policy Exchange, 2017), Lord Sumption and the Limits of the Law (Hart Publishing, 2016), and Modern Challenges to the Rule of Law (LexisNexis, 2011). He has published articles in a range of leading journals, and his research has been relied upon by courts, legislators, and officials in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

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Parliamentary Sovereignty and the Politics of Prorogation
by Richard Ekins | Sep 16, 2019
Related Content This paper addresses the question of whether the Supreme Court should rule that the Government’s advice to Her Majesty to prorogue Parliament was unlawful. It argues that the prerogative power to prorogue Parliament is not subject to judicial control....
Commentary on Lord Sumption’s Reith Lectures
by Richard Ekins | May 22, 2019
Related Content Former Supreme Court Justice Lord Sumption gave the 2019 Reith Lectures, covering the relationship between the law and politics. Richard Ekins, Head of the Judicial Power Project and co-author of Lord Sumption and the Limits of the Law, responds with...
Constitutional government, parliamentary democracy and judicial power
by Richard Ekins | Apr 5, 2019
Related Content On Sunday 31 March, Sir Stephen Laws and I published a paper for Policy Exchange entitled Endangering Constitutional Government: the risks of the House of Commons taking control. The paper warned that some MPs had begun to unravel the relationship...
Terrorism and treason once more
by Richard Ekins | Aug 17, 2018
On Tuesday, Salih Khater, a British national of Sudanese origin, drove a car at high speed into pedestrians and cyclists before crashing outside Parliament. This seems to be the latest in a series of terror attacks involving vehicles. It may confirm the Sentencing...Support Us
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