This Article offers the first empirical examination of how often, and in what ways, Britain’s highest court has used previously excluded legislative history materials in its judicial decisions. It also represents the first effort to compare legislative history treatment between the Law Lords and the Supreme Court. The Article’s comparative inquiry identifies differences in the frequency with which legislative history is invoked in each Court’s decisions and offers explanations for…

In this Article, I argue that the establishment of exclusion zones by states and localities is a form of banishment that I have termed “internal exile.” Internal exile is an uncommon practice in modern developed societies. Consequently, the increasing emergence of exclusion zones is a development that could fundamentally alter basic principles of the American criminal justice system. This Article is structured as follows: Part I explores the history and…