Constitutional Law

Introduction to FB’s writings on Constitutional Law

FB's books on Constitutional Law

1970.001 Tangling with the Law: Reforms in Legal Process

1962.001 Constitutional Law of Ghana

FB's articles etc on Constitutional Law

1993.013 The Royal Perogative - Text of TV broadcast on the BBC2 'Scutiny' programme

1993.001.VID Video extract from broadcast 1993.013 above

1994.002 ‘Judicial decisions: a riposte’, Clarity 30 March 31

1998.008 ‘Yes, we do live in a democracy’ 162 JPN 575

1998.012 ‘Local Government Finance: Is the Capping Regime Lawful?’ 162 JPN 796

1998.013 ‘Citation of unreported cases - a challenge’ 148 NLJ 1520

1999.002 ‘A naked usurpation?’ 149 NLJ 421

1999.005 ‘The Scottish and Welsh elections: a trial run of PR’ [Jenkins Report] 149 NLJ 634

1999.009 Evidence on Parliamentary privilege [HMSO]

1999.010 ‘Yes it’s true: PR equals fudge’ [Jenkins report contd.] 149 NLJ 786, 848, 996, 1000

2000.004 ‘Thoughts on the new second chamber’ [Wakeham report] 150 NLJ 102

2000.014 ‘Misconduct by Lay Magistrates’ 164 JPN 196

2000.042 ‘Distinguishing judgment and discretion’ PL, Autumn, 368

2001.031 ‘Consequences of an overrule’ PL, Autumn 450

2003.003 'Requiem for the Lord Chancellor' Com L Vol 12 No 2 August 2003 31

2004.007. 'House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitutional Reform Bill - Evidence by Francis Bennion'

2004.014. 'The great myth of judicial independence' - The Times Law, 13 July 2004, page 4

2004.034. 'Is the Parliament Act 1949 invalid?', The Times (Law), 9 November 2004

2004.037 'Is the New Hunting Act Valid?', 168 JPN (27 Nov 2004) 928

2004.038 DT035 'Civil Contingencies Act 2004', Daily Telegraph Letters, 3 Dec 2004

2004.042 DT037 'Delaying the Hunting Ban', Daily Telegraph Letters, 27 Dec 2004

2005.008 'Lord Denning and the Judicial Role - Part I', 169 JPN (22 January 2005) 50

2005.016 'Publishing the Laws: What we can Learn from the Colonial System’, Com L Vol 14 no 1 p. 32, Apl 2005. [Reproducing 1962.004]

2005.009 'Lord Denning and the Judicial Role - Part II', 169 JPN (22 January 2005) 74

2005.010 The Marriage of HRH the Prince of Wales and Mrs Camilla Parker Bowles, 155 NLJ (18 February 2005) 231

2005.027 T108 'Arguments against proportional representation', The Times Letters, 12 May 2005

Writings by other authors on Constitutional Law

NFB.2004.007 'Is the Parliament Act 1949 unconstitutional?', Lexis Nexis Butterworth Internet comment by FB, 2 Dec 2004