Weekly Update
The separation of powers is essential to the Rule of Law, as moments of high constitutional drama often illustrate. This week saw such moments in both the UK and the US, where the respective roles of the Legislative and Executive branches have been brought to the fore by the unresolved dramas of Brexit and the House of Representatives investigation into possible grounds for a Presidential impeachment.
Rather than speculate about the outcomes of these epic tussles between the Government and the legislature, this week we bring you news about the work the Bingham Centre is doing that engages directly and practically with the work of both the Legislative and the Executive branches:
- In New York and Cardiff, our work on the Legislative branch's responsibility for upholding the Rule of Law has seen the Bingham Centre organise a side -event on Increasing Parliaments' role in relation to Human Rights at the UN General Assembly, and give evidence to two committees of the National Assembly of Wales.
- In London, our work on the responsibility of the Executive for upholding the Rujle of Law has seen us host the Solicitor General, Mark Ellis QC MP, at the Bingham Centre for a civil society roundtable on 'Approaches to Legal and Democratic Empowerment'.
This update also brings you new blogs on Brexit - examining the legal constraints on the power of the EU27 to grant an extension to the period before the UK leaves - as well as on artificial intelligence and the Rule of Law, and the latest webinar in our series on asset recovery as an anti-corruption tool in developing countries.
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