Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. […] ...

Currently, the county is run via a two-tier local authority system, with Warwickshire County Council as the upper tier.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! In the context of COVID-19, University of California Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo discussed the concept of federalism and the benefits of having a ...

In the weeks since the presidential election, president-elect Donald Trump and his allies have made a series of moves that indicate their intent to dangerously consolidate executive power under the ...

Economic volatility varies substantially across democracies. We study how the difference between federal and unitary systems of government can contribute to these variations. We show empirically that ...

North Hertfordshire could be “saddled” with a “bankrupt” council that would be “destined to fail” if the four-model option ...

Two Kent councils have given their backing to a four-unitary model for Kent and Medway. The plans would involve some changes ...

Labour-run Stevenage Borough Council has backed plans for the area to join North Herts and Welwyn Hatfield as part of a new Central ...

In this week’s Friday Politics column, Conservative councillor Richard Coates argues that any local government reorganisation ...

A joint plan to establish East Lancashire as a single unitary authority, combining Burnley, Pendle, and Rossendale, has been ...

Just a third of Devon’s existing councillors could survive the biggest overhaul of local government in 50 years, creating mega-wards for those left that some feel only retired people could manage.