Martin Loughlin

Nov 7, 2024 | tandfonline.com | Martin Loughlin

I. INTRODUCTIONThe Irish question holds the key to understanding the British constitution. The problem is that the specificity of that question constantly changes. The character of the British constitution therefore cannot be explained without addressing the intricate history of relations between Britain and Ireland. This is an issue that British constitutional scholars have studiously ignored.

Apr 17, 2024 | lrb.co.uk | Steven Levitsky |Daniel Ziblatt |Martin Loughlin

In​ 1831, a young French aristocrat, charged by his government with reporting on American prison conditions, spent the year travelling in the United States. Alexis de Tocqueville’s inquiries into the penitentiary and its ideological underpinnings led him also to think about the character of the political regime. He published his reflections as Democracy in America (1835).