Programme Details
The Oxford Putney Debates — The Sovereignty of Parliament
16.00–17.00 BST, Wednesday 21 October
Keynote Lecture: The Future of Parliamentary Sovereignty in a Democratic Constitution
Michael Gordon, University of Liverpool
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16.00–17.00 GMT, Wednesday 28 October
Debate 1: Parliamentary Sovereignty: History and People
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Chair: Joshua Rozenberg, the UK's pre-eminent legal commentator
Panellists:
Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, Queen Mary University of London
Questioning sovereignty again: Why the history of Parliament’s relations with the British Empire, Scotland, and Ireland reveals an unsettled sovereignty
Denis Galligan, University of Oxford
Constitutional origins of parliamentary sovereignty
Vernon Bogdanor, Kings College, London
Parliamentary sovereignty and the people
Richard Clary, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York
An alternative to parliamentary sovereignty: The checks and balances of the US constitution, and why that path was chosen
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16.00–17.00 GMT, Wednesday 4 November
Debate 2: Parliamentary Sovereignty: Executive, Civil Service, Special Advisers, Political Parties, and the Future
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Chair: Joshua Rozenberg
Panellists:
Robert Hazell CBE, Constitution Unit, University College London
Parliamentary sovereignty, the civil service, and special advisers
Alison Young, University of Cambridge
Does parliamentary sovereignty belong to the legislature or the executive?
Robert Saunders, Queen Mary University of London
Parliamentary sovereignty or party sovereignty
Nick Barber, University of Oxford
After parliamentary sovereignty
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16.00–17.00 GMT, Wednesday 11 November
Debate 3: Parliamentary Sovereignty: Courts, Rights, and the International Order
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Chair: Joshua Rozenberg
Panellists:
Sir Stephen Sedley, University of Oxford
Parliamentary sovereignty and the courts
Richard Bellamy, University College London
The court of democracy: Parliamentary sovereignty and the political constitution
Helen Mountfield, University of Oxford
Taking back control: what does the sovereignty of parliament mean now?
Geraldine van Bueren, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Parliamentary sovereignty: The artificial constraint on combatting poverty and providing social justice
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16.00–17.00 GMT, Wednesday 18 November
Final Debate: Parliamentary Sovereignty in Perspective
Chair: Denis Galligan, University of Oxford
Panellists:
Sir Adam Roberts, University of Oxford
Meg Russell, The Constitution Unit, University College London
A.C. Grayling, New College of the Humanities
Catherine Barnard, University of Cambridge
David Vines, University of Oxford
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