yep. Happened to us too in the Netherlands. Very uncomfortable
Erin is right. Eg., LWIPL is mostly silent on decolonisation. So we’re v lucky to have @seshauna.bsky.socialbristoluniversitypress.co.uk/diverse-voic... 9/9
Diverse Voices in Public Law; Taking a unique and critical approach to the study of Public Law, this book explores the main topics in UK Public Law from a range of underexplored perspectives and ampli...
@efieldingd.bsky.social ’s concluding chapter sums up the plight of UK public law (how to escape Dicey?) but also takes us, the editors, to task for not thinking more about the implication of empire on UK public law. 8/9
@conormccormick.bsky.social navigates between the Scylla of lazy Dicey-hatred and the Charybdis of unthinking Dicey-love, and asks us to revisit Dicey with fresh and more discerning eyes. Hard sell Conor… 7/9
… and think more holistically about devolution via the tension between unity and diversity in the territorial constitution. Bonus: we also learn about the evolution of McHargian Thought. 6/9
@chrismccork.bsky.social ’s chapter is a love letter … to devolution—IMO *the* most vibrant area—of UK public law today. Chris wants us to move away from strict legalities and jurisdiction-specific nature of much devo literature…. 5/9
But there are costs as well as benefits to silence, eg., uncertainty over basic rules, expediency over principle. 4/9
@aileenmcharg.bsky.social asks us to take constitutional silence seriously. Silence is a legitimate tool of statecraft— ‘an exercise in practical reason in governing societies riven with conflicts of interests and values’. 3/9
Lord Sales discusses Daintith and Page's book, which IMO should be read by *everyone* (if not the 1st ed, the new sequel). Informed by his history as Treasury Devil, Sales reminds us that the Executive is an actor in its own right within the constitution, with its own abiding concerns. 2/9
Pretty effective, I thought, but I think the definition of effective depends on where you stand...