Labour's Constitution

Speaker: Professor Keith Ewing  (King's College London)
Chair: John Hendy QC

About this lecture:

The lecture will examine the historic tension between the liberal and the social constitution in the context of the possible election of a progressive Labour government.   In such an event, how should Labour approach the constitution, and what constitutional steps need to be taken?  

In this lecture the case will be made for Labour to reconnect with the legacy of Attlee and Wilson rather than Blair and Brown to develop new structures of socialisation that will give greater representation to social interests, establish new forums for social participation, and new forms of rule - making by social institutions.   

Sceptical consideration will also be given to the entrenchment of social rights, the proposal being for a need to focus on the role of procedures and outcomes rather than the role of judges and courts.

About the speaker: 

Keith Ewing is a Professor of Public Law. Professor Ewing joined The Dickson Poon School of Law in 1989. Prior to this he was Visiting Professor at the University of Western Australia (1992); at the University of Alberta (1987-88) and at Osgoode Hall Law School (1982). He has also held positions at the University of Edinburgh, 1978-83 and at the University of Cambridge, 1983-1989

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