The UCNP project is led by researchers at Durham, uOttawa, and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
The UCNP project has held a series of workshops, works-in-progress and research meetings, including in Berlin in 2024.
The UCNP project hosts a series a workshops for PhD and postdoctoral researchers.
This project examines the phenomenon of unwritten constitutionalism from a comparative and inter-disciplinary perspective, focussing on three jurisdictions: Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
By comparing each country’s approach to unwritten constitutional norms and principles, the project's researchers will explore common issues faced by all constitutional orders, identify the factors that influence the recognition, definition and enforcement of unwritten constitutional rules, and investigate the role of judicial enforcement of a constitution’s unwritten rules in an era of democratic backsliding.
Recent outreach and media.
On 2 June, the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk will collaborate with scholars incl our members @ucllaws.bsky.social, @durham-university.bsky.social & @uodroitpublaw.bsky.social on a workshop on the role of politicians & parliamentary personnel in sustaining the unwritten dimension of constitutionalism[image or embed]— Unwritten Constitutional Norms and Principles Project (@ucnpproject.bsky.social) 6 May 2025 at 16:05
On 2 June, the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk will collaborate with scholars incl our members @ucllaws.bsky.social, @durham-university.bsky.social & @uodroitpublaw.bsky.social on a workshop on the role of politicians & parliamentary personnel in sustaining the unwritten dimension of constitutionalism[image or embed]
Take a look at some of the UCNP project's previous events.
Professor Stephen Tierney, a member of the UCNP Project's UK Research Team, has been appointed Honorary King's Counsel by His Majesty The King.
Click below to find out more about the project and its research teams
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