John McGarry is a Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University. His teaching and research interests include all aspects of public law and he has published extensively in this area as well as giving papers nationally and internationally. He has also provided evidence to various parliamentary inquiries and government consultations.

• Introduction (John McGarry) Part 1: Executive Power: Changing Facts and Changing Values 1. Clocking the British Constitution: Unfixing the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (Mark Ryan) 2. The Modifying of Orthodox Parliamentary Sovereignty Through the Lens of Constitutional Statutes, Political Facts, and Executive Dominance (Jake Hinks) Part 2: Values, Principles and Rights 3. The Distinction Between Constitutional Values and Constitutional Principles (Antonios E. Platsas) 4. Culture Wars and Constitutional Identity: The Weaponisation of Constitutional Values (Ben Stanford) Part 3: The Protection of Constitutional Rights and Constitutional Values 5. ‘Most of the Benefits of a Written Constitution’ – Constitutional Statutes and the Principle of Legality (John McGarry and Sharon McAvoy) 6. Were We Really Ready for the Human Rights Act? (Steve Foster) 7. Protection of Judicial independence in Codified and Uncodified Constitutions (Piotr Mikuli) 8. Constitutional Statutes, Brexit and the Case for Codification (Gary Wilson)

John McGarry is a Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University. His teaching and research interests include all aspects of public law and he has published extensively in this area as well as giving papers nationally and internationally. He has also provided evidence to various parliamentary inquiries and government consultations.

• Introduction (John McGarry) Part 1: Executive Power: Changing Facts and Changing Values 1. Clocking the British Constitution: Unfixing the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (Mark Ryan) 2. The Modifying of Orthodox Parliamentary Sovereignty Through the Lens of Constitutional Statutes, Political Facts, and Executive Dominance (Jake Hinks) Part 2: Values, Principles and Rights 3. The Distinction Between Constitutional Values and Constitutional Principles (Antonios E. Platsas) 4. Culture Wars and Constitutional Identity: The Weaponisation of Constitutional Values (Ben Stanford) Part 3: The Protection of Constitutional Rights and Constitutional Values 5. ‘Most of the Benefits of a Written Constitution’ – Constitutional Statutes and the Principle of Legality (John McGarry and Sharon McAvoy) 6. Were We Really Ready for the Human Rights Act? (Steve Foster) 7. Protection of Judicial independence in Codified and Uncodified Constitutions (Piotr Mikuli) 8. Constitutional Statutes, Brexit and the Case for Codification (Gary Wilson)

John McGarry is a Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University. His teaching and research interests include all aspects of public law and he has published extensively in this area as well as giving papers nationally and internationally. He has also provided evidence to various parliamentary inquiries and government consultations.

• Introduction (John McGarry) Part 1: Executive Power: Changing Facts and Changing Values 1. Clocking the British Constitution: Unfixing the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (Mark Ryan) 2. The Modifying of Orthodox Parliamentary Sovereignty Through the Lens of Constitutional Statutes, Political Facts, and Executive Dominance (Jake Hinks) Part 2: Values, Principles and Rights 3. The Distinction Between Constitutional Values and Constitutional Principles (Antonios E. Platsas) 4. Culture Wars and Constitutional Identity: The Weaponisation of Constitutional Values (Ben Stanford) Part 3: The Protection of Constitutional Rights and Constitutional Values 5. ‘Most of the Benefits of a Written Constitution’ – Constitutional Statutes and the Principle of Legality (John McGarry and Sharon McAvoy) 6. Were We Really Ready for the Human Rights Act? (Steve Foster) 7. Protection of Judicial independence in Codified and Uncodified Constitutions (Piotr Mikuli) 8. Constitutional Statutes, Brexit and the Case for Codification (Gary Wilson)