nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20161024-111618 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 161022s2016||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20161024-111618 doi eng 342 23 Wiener, Antje Author aut Why the Brexit debate might mark the end of Britain’s unwritten constitution Wiener, Antje Verfassungsblog 2016-10-22 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The current debate in the UK about Parliament's right to vote on the Art. 50 decision suggests that not only the Brexit decision may become subject to revision, but the uncodified constitution may become subject to scrutiny as well. So far, the absence of a written constitution was generally viewed as a sign of “stability of the British polity.” However, the Brexit contestations may change that, and, on the long run, the status of an ‘unwritten’ or ‘uncodified constitution’ may well come to an end. The present constitutional turn in British politics suggests that the long period of stability of the British polity is challenged, just as the Brexit campaign promised the contrary. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Art. 50 TEU brexit Parliamentary Sovereignty Unwritten Constitution Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/why-the-brexit-debate-might-mark-the-end-of-britains-unwritten-constitution/ raw object