
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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Strengthening the UK’s position on the Backstop
by Richard Ekins | Jan 29, 2019
Related Content “The UK continues to be too timid” in its negotiations with the EU over the Backstop and its relationship to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement (also known as the Belfast Agreement), says a Policy Exchange Research Note published today by Professor...
How to Exit the Backstop
by Richard Ekins | Dec 3, 2018
Read Publication On 11 December, the House of Commons must vote on whether to approve the Withdrawal Agreement and the Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the UK and the EU. At this point, it seems there is no majority...
The Collapse of the Kenyan Emergency Group Litigation: causes and consequences
by Richard Ekins | Dec 3, 2018
Read Publication UK forces rightly adhere to the law of armed conflict, which is secured in practice by service law and the criminal law. However, like other persons, and indeed like the Government itself, they are also entitled to the protection of the rule of law...
Aiding the Enemy
by Richard Ekins | Jul 25, 2018
Read Publication The UK urgently needs a new definition of treason that will recognise the nature of the threats we face today, argues a new paper from Policy Exchange, Aiding the Enemy: How and why to restore the law of treason, by Tom Tugendhat MP, Khalid Mahmood...Support Us
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