14 Jun 2016 | Posts, Varuhas on Judicial Review and Political Accountability
Editor’s Note: Last week Policy Exchange’s Judicial Power Project published a report by Dr Jason Varuhas on Judicial Capture of Political Accountability. The Project has invited commentators with a range of views to reply to the report. Some might be expected to be...
9 Jun 2016 | Posts, Varuhas on Judicial Review and Political Accountability
Editor’s Note: Earlier this week Policy Exchange’s Judicial Power Project published a report by Dr Jason Varuhas on Judicial Capture of Political Accountability. The Project has invited commentators with a range of views to reply to the report. Some might be expected...
8 Jun 2016 | Posts, Varuhas on Judicial Review and Political Accountability
Judicial review of executive action is a vital part of the rule of law. The courts rightly hold ministers and other public bodies to the scope of their lawful powers, insisting on procedural fairness and correcting some obvious abuses of power, but aiming always to...
8 Jun 2016 | Posts, Varuhas on Judicial Review and Political Accountability
Editor’s Note: Earlier this week Policy Exchange’s Judicial Power Project published a report by Dr Jason Varuhas on Judicial Capture of Political Accountability. The Project has invited commentators with a range of views to reply to the report. Some might be expected...
7 Jun 2016 | Posts, Varuhas on Judicial Review and Political Accountability
Editor’s Note: Earlier this week Policy Exchange’s Judicial Power Project published a report by Dr Jason Varuhas on Judicial Capture of Political Accountability. The Project has invited commentators with a range of views to reply to the report. Some might be expected...
6 Jun 2016 | Posts, Publications: Critiquing Judicial Power, Varuhas on Judicial Review and Political Accountability
In a Policy Exchange report released today I examine the increasing capture of political accountability mechanisms by courts. Institutions such as the Parliamentary Ombudsman are intended to operate in the political sphere, securing government accountability through...
