Report of Royal Commission on the Constitution ('Kilbrandon') Channel Islands' section (1973)

Author(s): Charles James Dalrymple Shaw, Baron Kilbrandon (1906-1989, Geoffrey Crowther, Baron Crowther (1907 -1972) et al.

Title: Royal Commission on the Constitution 1969-1973 volume 1 Report, part xi: Relationship between the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man

Remarks:

The Royal Commission on the Constitution 1969-73 was appointed to consider, amongst other things, whether changes were desirable in the constitutional and economic relations between the Channel Islands and the UK, especially regarding the application to the Islands of international treaties. After taking evidence from the Channel Islands' authorities and UK Government Departments, the Commission, in its so called 'Kilbrandon Report', recommended a strengthening of consultative procedures, whilst asserting that powers of last resort in the international relations and good government of the Islands rested with the UK Government. The Commission's conclusions have never been altogether accepted in the Islands, and in today's post-colonial democratic context they appear particularly dated and questionable. Edition(s): 1973 Provenance of this copy: St John Robilliard Collection

Further reading:

R. Young "The scope of Guernsey's autonomy in law and practice", Jersey Law Review 5, (2001) 123-139. J. Jowell, "The UK's power over Jersey's domestic affairs" in P. Bailhache (ed.), A Celebration of Autonomy 1204-2004: 800 years of Channel Islands' Law, (Jersey, 2005) 249-269. D. Dixon, "Jersey's relationship with the UK Parliament revisited", Jersey and Guernsey Law Review 21, (2017) 43-78.