Case Comment
Case-Comment: Attorney-General v Jonathan Cape Ltd [1975] 3 All E.R. 484 Jessica Parry i. Introduction This case is focused on the Crossman Diaries and whether the restraint of publication of this text is in the public interest on the grounds of preserving the doctrine of collective responsibility. The relevant parties to this case are the Attorney-General as the plaintiff and the Times Newspapers Ltd. and Jonathan Cape Ltd. as the defendants. Cabinet Minister Crossman kept a diary of Cabinet meetings with the…
Greeting from the New Editor
This is Narutoshi Yoshida, the new editor of the KSLR Constitutional Law Blog from this year, 2013. Stay tuned, I shall start to upload exciting and “spicy” articles on the blog soon. In the meantime please feel free to contact me and/or Nina at blogs@kslr.org.uk if you would like to submit your essays for consideration.
Comparison of the Status of the Monarch’s Speech in Parliament between the UK and Japan
1.Introduction Both the United Kingdom and Japan have had a constitutional monarchy for a long period of history. The monarch acts as the “head of state”, and many royal prerogatives have been removed by Parliament and the cabinet under each country’s constitution in recent years. However, the monarchs of both countries still have an important constitutional role. Due to the fact that the UK and Japan are island countries which have a constitutional monarchy system, these systems have characteristics which are shared and are therefore…
The Arab Spring – The Seeds of Change
A decade ago, Susan Marks (arguably one of the big names in legal theory) tried to rationalise the relationship between theory and practice in the context of paradigm-shifting events. She did so in a paper reflecting on an unexpected reaction from a conference attendee: “Reflections on a Teach-in Walk-out.” January 2002, Afghanistan is invaded by the international coalition and a group of scholars were discussing the legality of it. A man in the audience leaves the room following an outburst, clearly verbalizing what he thought…
