Referendums in the UK Constitution: Authority, Sovereignty and Democracy after Brexit

Gordon, Michael ORCID: 0000-0002-8830-891X (2020) Referendums in the UK Constitution: Authority, Sovereignty and Democracy after Brexit. European Constitutional Law Review, 16 (2). pp. 1-36.

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Abstract

<jats:p>UK constitution after Brexit – Status of referendums – Use and reception of referendums in the UK – Absence of definitive constitutional framework – Complex legal nature of ‘advisory’ and ‘binding’ referendums – Deeper constitutional impact on concepts in the political constitution – Regular and irregular authority – Parliamentary and popular sovereignty – Representative and direct democracy – Possibility of reform – A potential UK Referendums Act – Difficulties with an overarching statutory framework – Limitations of continued constitutional accommodation of referendums</jats:p>

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Date Deposited:	12 Aug 2020 10:25
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DOI:	10.1017/s1574019620000152
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