Category - constitution

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30 Jun 2010

Charles Windsor and the law of holes

Charles Windsor is evidently not acquainted with the law of holes.
18 Dec 2008

The Lost Liberty of the English Revolution - Quentin Skinner

The constitutional upheavals of the 17th century gave rise to the view of individual liberty to which we have basically subscribed ever since; that our liberty consists in our not being unnecessarily
16 Apr 2008

Power to which people, exactly?

Britain counts itself as a mature democracy. But what really guarantees freedom and fairness, asks Simon Barrow, and how does the church relate to the will of the people in wider society?
3 Nov 2007

Venezuelan Catholic bishops attack Chavez on constitution

Roman Catholic bishops have warned that attempts at constitutional reform in Venezuela by President Hugo Chavez restrict the rights of citizens and grant too much power to the State with a "president who is re-elected indefinitely".
12 Feb 2007

Report on bishops in Lords fails to address justice and equality

A report launched yesterday by the thinktank 'Theos', which argues for the retention of Bishops in a reformed House of Lords, has been criticised by humanists and Christians as failing to address issues of ethics, justice and equality.