Administrative / Constitutional Law

The New Labour Constitution: Twenty Years On

Edited by Michael Gordon · Adam Tucker
Hart Publishing September 2023

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ISBN-13
9781509957255
Publisher
Hart Publishing
Publication
September 2023
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Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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The New Labour government first elected in 1997 had a defining influence on the development of the modern UK constitution. This book combines legal and political perspectives to provide a unique assessment of the way in which this major programme of constitutional reform has changed the nature of the UK constitution. The chapters, written by leading experts in UK public law and politics, analyse the impact and legacy of the New Labour reform programme some 20 years on from the 1997 general election, and reveal the ways in which the UK constitution is now, to a significant extent, the 'New Labour constitution'.

The book takes a broad approach to exploring the legacy of the New Labour years for the UK constitution. The contributors evaluate a range of specific substantive reforms (including on human rights, devolution, freedom of information, and the judicial system), changes to the process and method of constitutional reform under New Labour, the impact on key institutions (such as the judiciary and Parliament), and a number of wider constitutional themes (including national security, administrative justice, and the relationship between the Labour Party and constitutionalism). The book also reflects on the future challenges for the constitution constructed by New Labour, and the prospects for further constitutional reform.

In bringing together this range of perspectives to reflect on the implications of the New Labour era of reform, this book offers a critical examination of a foundational period in the development of the contemporary UK constitution.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Michael Gordon and Adam Tucker (both at University of Liverpool, UK)
1. Labour's Constitutional Changes 1997-2010: Time for More
Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Shadow Attorney General, UK)
2. Britain's New Labour Constitution: Causes and Consequences
Rodney Brazier (University of Manchester, UK)
3. Judicial Policy and New Labour's Constitutional Project
Graham Gee (University of Sheffield, UK)
4. 'Three Harmless Words': New Labour and Freedom of Information
Ben Worthy (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
5. Devolution: A New Fundamental Principle of the UK Constitution
Chris McCorkindale (University of Strathclyde, UK)
6. The 'Evolution' of Devolution: Assessing Labour's Legacy in England
Arianna Giovannini (De Montfort University, UK)
7. The Human Rights Act 1998: Two Decades Swimming Upstream
Helene Tyrell (Newcastle University, UK)
8. New Labour's Unintended Consequences: The Common Law Constitution and Judicial Comparativism
Seshauna Wheatle (Durham University, UK)
9. The Blair Constitution and the Separation of Powers
Roger Masterman (Durham University, UK)
10. New Labour's Secret National Security Constitution
Paul Scott (University of Glasgow, UK)
11. Individual Terrorist Suspects as the New Folk Devil: New Labour, Rights Tokenism and Security Compulsions
Rumyana van Ark (T.M.C. Asser Instituut, Netherlands)
12. Neoliberalism, Labour Law, and New Labour's Turn to Constitutionalism
Rob Knox (University of Liverpool, UK)
13. What Was New Labour's Vision for Parliament? And Did It Succeed?
Louise Thompson (University of Manchester, UK)
14. Revisiting the Administrative Justice Legacy of New Labour
Joe Tomlinson (University of York, UK) and Richard Kirkham (University of Sheffield, UK)
15. Referendums and New Labour's Constitutional Reforms
Leah Trueblood (University of Oxford, UK)
16. The New Labour Constitution and (New) Labour Constitutionalism
Michael Gordon and Adam Tucker (both at University of Liverpool, UK)
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