Responsibilities

Debbie Moss reviews Keith Ewing's IALS lecture on Constitutional Reform.

Ewing makes a convincing case that Parliament and not the courts ought to guard our liberties.

Anthony Barnett (London, OK): It seems that the BBC has an advance copy of the speech Jack Straw is due to make at George Washington University. He will say:

Most people [in the UK] might struggle to put their finger on where their rights are. The next stage is to look at whether we need to articulate those rights which are scattered across a whole host of places. We can learn from the American example, particularly from the concept of civic duty. We want to elevate them in a new status in a constitutional document. It is much easier to perform your civic duty when you have a clear sense of what is expected of you