A constitutional out of body experience? The Body Corporate and the unravelling of the first Welsh devolution dispensation

Evans, Adam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4150-1517 2025. A constitutional out of body experience? The Body Corporate and the unravelling of the first Welsh devolution dispensation. The Welsh History Review 32 (4) , pp. 721-748. Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

The Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament, Wales’s tax-levying, lawmaking Parliament bears little resemblance to the Assembly that began life as a body corporate (with no formal separation of powers between the Assembly and the ‘executive’) and with no primary legislative powers in May 1999. The story of Welsh devolution since 1999 has been one of considerable instability, as one devolution dispensation has given way to another. As this article discusses, the seeds of constitutional instability and reform were found in the Government of Wales Act 1998 itself. This article focuses on a key internal motor of reform: the body corporate structure.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Schools > Department of Politics and International Relations (POLIR) Research Institutes & Centres > Wales Governance Centre (WGCES)
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Publisher:	University of Wales Press
ISSN:	0043-2431
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	20 November 2025
Date of Acceptance:	18 June 2025
Last Modified:	21 Nov 2025 12:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/182541

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