A new force for good: Let's get constitutional

Time for the City to get a guiding social principle

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Through most of my academic career, I studied the effect of European laws. It is interesting to note that since ascension of the Treaty of Rome in 1972, the UK has subscribed to a proxy constitution of rights set down by the European Union and the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice (and Court of Human Rights).

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