CPL Seminar: 'Securing accountability of members of Parliament for misconduct: a comparative perspective'

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Thursday 30 January 2014 4:30pm to 5:30pm

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Speaker: Alysia Blackham, University of Cambridge
Title: 'Securing accountability of members of Parliament for misconduct: a comparative perspective'
Location: Moot Court Room, Faculty of Law

Recent times have seen serious allegations of misconduct made against members of Parliament in common law jurisdictions. This has led to calls for more effective parliamentary and independent mechanisms to address allegations of misbehaviour. Drawing on comparative perspectives from the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Australia, this paper considers the means by which Parliaments can deal with members’ misconduct. This paper draws on material recently published in the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal (Blackham and Williams, 2013).

All Faculty Members and Visitors, PhD students and LLM Public Law students are welcome.

For more information contact Mark Elliott (mce1000@cam.ac.uk)