
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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Prorogation after the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019
by Richard Ekins | Aug 29, 2019
Related Content Senior parliamentarians have asserted that the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 was enacted to prevent prorogation of Parliament in the autumn. This understanding of the Act’s legal effect was very widely reported. Closer analysis...
Lost in Transition
by Richard Ekins | Jul 9, 2019
Related Content The Conservative leadership contest and the confidence of the Commons Whoever is elected the new leader of the Conservative Party, in just over a fortnight, is widely expected to be appointed as Prime Minister immediately. But in a recent note...
Protecting Those Who Serve
by Richard Ekins | Jun 28, 2019
Related Content The next Prime Minister has a responsibility to act urgently to protect UK troops, whether serving or retired, from ongoing exposure to legal risk and to unfair legal processes. From Northern Ireland to Iraq and Afghanistan, those who served – or who...
Endangering Constitutional Government
by Richard Ekins | Mar 31, 2019
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