Commentaries by Lilian Trickey | U. Oxford Faculty of Law

Time to Embrace Democracy: The Case for Removing Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords or a Potential Risk to Democratic Balance?

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Time to Embrace Democracy: The Case for Removing Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords or a Potential Risk to Democratic Balance?

Lilian Trickey | U. Oxford Faculty of Law

September 19, 2024 11:00:07 am

In this long read by James Joseph, Managing Editor for Long-Form Content and Lilian Trickey, a student at the University of Oxford, Faculty of Law, they unpack the case of whether removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords is a welcome democratic reform or risks undermining democracy. In a move that would shake up [...]

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