近20年,是英国宪政大变迁的时代。制定《人权法案》,实行权力下放,大幅度调整大法官大臣的功能,决定组建最高法院等,这一系列事件及法院作出的诸多具有宪政影响的裁判,不仅成为英国学术界关注和研究的重点,而且因此总体上改变了(着)英国传统宪法特性,更引发了学术界对(英国)宪政走向的种种讨论。2007年英国的宪法研究 Nearly 20 years is a time of great change of constitutional government in Britain. The series of events and the many constitutional-influential referenda made by the courts have not only become the focus of attention and research in the British academic community, they have also come into effect since the Bill of Rights was drafted, the delegation of power was devolved, the function of the chancellor’s judge was drastically adjusted and the Supreme Court was formed. And, as a result, changed the traditional constitutional characteristics of Britain in general and led to many academic discussions on the constitutional development of the United Kingdom. British Constitutional Studies in