The constitutional challenges that the Brexit negotiations have created in the United Kingdom: an overview

• Tatham, Allan Francis ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad CEU San Pablo

     Universidad CEU San Pablo

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo, ISSN 1138-4026, Año nº 22, Nº 59, 2018, págs. 263-302
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.18042/cepc/rdce.59.07
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  • español

    La negociación de brexit plantea un sinnúmero de desafíos para el sistema constitucional del Reino Unido. Este estudio centra su atención en los que aparecieron en la primera fase: la constitucionalidad de la notificación de retirada del Reino Unido (en virtud del art. 50 del TUE) y cómo afectó la relación entre la soberanía parlamentaria y el ejercicio de poderes «prerrogativa»; el contenido del proyecto de ley de retirada de la UE y la posible ampliación de la capacidad legislativa gubernamental sin control parlamentario, así como sus repercusiones para los gobiernos descentralizados; y, por último, el tema sensible del estatuto de la frontera de Irlanda del Norte con la República de Irlanda.

  • English

    The Brexit negotiations raise a myriad of challenges for the constitutional system of the United Kingdom. This study focuses its attention on those that have appeared in the first phase: the constitutionality of the UK’s notice of withdrawal (under art. 50 TEU) and how it has affected the relationship between parliamentary sovereignty and the exercise of prerogative powers; the contents of the EU Withdrawal Bill and its possible extension of government law-making without parliamentary scrutiny as well as its implications for the devolved governments; and, lastly, the sensitive issue of the border of Northern Ireland with the South.

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