Legislating for Brexit: 'The People' versus Parliament?
Legislating for Brexit: 'The People' versus Parliament?
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英国脱欧立法：“人民”与议会？
DOI：
10.1111/1758-5899.13066
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发表时间：
2022
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影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Cygan A
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作者：
Cygan A
本文分析了围绕议会实施2016年欧盟公投结果的宪法问题，特别是议会履行“人民意志”的政治和法律义务。尊重“人民的意志”是任何民主政府进程的核心。但是，在公投中以压倒性多数投票支持“留欧”的议员们面临的困境是，他们要在作为当选代表的责任和通过行使直接民主表达的政治授权之间做出选择。正如米勒的判决所证实的那样，英国脱欧改变了英国宪法，取消了英国和欧盟公民在欧盟条约下享有的权利。在实施英国脱欧的过程中，议会与行政部门的宪法关系受到了严重考验，因为议会在政治上将自己定位为维护“人民的意志”，正如切里/米勒案的休会判决所表明的那样。在政治动荡和少数派政府的背景下，英国脱欧进程使英国宪法中对议会与行政部门关系的“白厅与威斯敏斯特”解释之间的冲突成为焦点。
This article analyses the constitutional issues surrounding Parliament's implementation of the 2016 EU referendum result, in particular, the political and legal obligation of Parliament to give effect to the ‘will of the people’. Respecting the ‘will of the people’ lies at the core of any democratic process of government. But the predicament that faced MPs, who overwhelmingly voted ‘remain’ in the referendum, was to choose between their responsibilities as elected representatives and to implement the political mandate expressed through the exercise of direct democracy. Brexit, as theMiller Ijudgment confirms, alters the UK constitution by removing rights which UK and EU citizens enjoyed under the EU Treaties. In giving effect to Brexit, Parliament's constitutional relationship with the Executive, which had positioned itself politically as upholding the ‘will of the people’, was severely tested as theCherry/Miller IIprorogation judgment illustrates. Within a context of political turmoil and minority government, the Brexit process brought into sharp focus the conflict between what has been described as a ‘Whitehall versus Westminster’ interpretation of the relationship between Parliament and the Executive within the UK Constitution.