De Carle Distinguished Lecture: The story of Brexit - and what it might tell us about constitutions like ours

The UK’s decision to leave the European Union prompted a sometimes-messy institutional process which tested to its limits the constitution’s capacity for rapid controversial constitutional change. This is a topic of wide interest to general audiences, which Dr Adam Tucker’s series of lectures will make engaging and accessible. It also has ramifications for other constitutions in the same family as the UK – like Aotearoa New Zealand – and Adam's lectures will prompt the audience to reflect on some of those.

About Dr Adam Tucker

Adam teaches and researches constitutional law and legal theory. He is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law and Social Justice at the University of Liverpool and an External Fellow at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law. He works in areas characterised by significant overlap of legal traditions and academic enquiry between the UK and Aotearoa New Zealand and has a track record for combining scholarly publication with policy and public engagement. He has recently written on topics including Brexit, parliamentary sovereignty, delegated legislation, and the UK government's Rwanda policy, and he previously collaborated with The Guardian on an investigation into the involvement of the monarchy in the legislative process.