Policy Press

Constitutional Fracture

How Brexit Revealed Deep Fault-Lines in the British Constitution

By Tom Hickman and Gavin Phillipson

Published

May 1, 2025

Page count

144 pages

ISBN

978-1529245646

Dimensions

203 x 127 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

May 1, 2025

Page count

144 pages

ISBN

978-1529245653

Dimensions

203 x 127 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press
Constitutional Fracture

Tom Hickman is King’s Council for Blackstones Chambers and Professor of Public Law at University College London.

Gavin Phillipson is Professor of Law at the University of Bristol.

Introduction

1. Divergent Views on the Relationship Between Executive and Parliament

2. Government Control of the Business of the House of Commons

3. The Brexit Crisis in Four Acts

4. Constitutional Fracture Instantiated

5. Conclusion