Chief Justice Criticises Unwritten Constitution

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Chief Justice Woolf, Britain’s most senior judge, has criticised the way in which the feudal office of Lord Chancellor was abolished recently. He told a gathering of judges that this raised “questions as to whether our constitution provides the protection it should for our constitutional institutions.”
The Chief Justice is also a legislator-for-life and considers himself to be what is known as a “Lord.” He is believed not to have made any criticism of the absence from Britain’s unwritten constitution of protection for the people from these abuses of democracy.
The Chief Justice did welcome the government’s announcement of its intention to propose legislation that would establish a supreme court outside the legislature.


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