
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.

Related Posts & Publications


Protecting the Constitution
by Richard Ekins | Dec 28, 2019
Related Content How and why Parliament should limit judicial power The rise of judicial power in the UK in recent years is a striking change in our constitutional arrangements – in how we are governed – a change that threatens good government, parliamentary democracy,...
Lawfare
by Richard Ekins | Nov 10, 2019
Related Content Policy Exchange’s latest paper on lawfare, endorsed by General David Petraeus, sets out new measures on how the next Government must protect our soldiers from the assault of lawfare. The paper recommends that the next government should: Maintain...
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....
Securing Electoral Accountability
by Richard Ekins | Sep 9, 2019
Related Content The central question in British politics today is whether the UK should leave the EU on 31 October with or without a deal or should instead apply to the EU for an Article 50 extension. The policy of Her Majesty’s Government is to leave on 31 October...Support Us
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