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Constitutional Reform in the UK: A Conference on the Brown Commission Report (Part Two)
1 March 2024 | 09.00 – 17.00
British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square London WC1B 5JP
At the end of 2022, the Brown Commission published its final report, ‘A New Britain: Renewing our Democracy and Rebuilding our Economy: Report of the Commission on the UK’s Future‘.
Part One of the Conference took place at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford on 5 May 2023. Three panels considered (i) the process of constitutional change; (ii) second chamber and electoral system reform; and (iii) ethics, integrity and fourth branch (guarantor) institutions.
In this, Part Two of the Conference, panellists will consider (i) devolution; (ii) decentralisation and localism; and (iii) social rights.
Introduction
Prof Jim Gallagher CB FRSE, Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow School of Law
Panel 1: “Devolution, the Constitution and the Union”
- Prof Jo Murkens, LSE Law School (Chair)
- Akash Paun, Institute for Government
- Prof Katy Hayward, Queen’s University Belfast
- Philip Rycroft, Philip Rycroft Consulting Ltd, Edinburgh University and Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge
Panel 2: “Decentralisation and Localism in the UK”
- Bren Albiston, Society of Labour Lawyers and Stephenson Harwood (Chair)
- Dr John Stanton, City, University of London
Panel 3: “Institutional Modes of Protection and Fulfilment of Social Rights”
- Prof Tarun Khaitan, LSE Law School (Chair)
- Prof Kate O’Regan, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford
- Prof Jeff King, UCL and Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law
- Stephen Hockman KC, Society of Labour Lawyers and Six Pump Court
Part Two of the Conference is hosted by the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law in partnership with the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford, LSE Law School, UCL Faculty of Laws, and the British & Irish Chapter of the International Society of Public Law.
The conference is convened by Prof Jeff King, Lucy Moxham, Prof Kate O’Regan, Prof Tarun Khaitan and Prof Jo Murkens.
Pricing and Registration
This conference is free to attend but pre-registration is required: https://www.biicl.org/events/11834/constitutional-reform-in-the-uk-a-conference-on-the-brown-commission-report-part-two
