With returning guest Tim Meyer, we talk about Brexit. Topics include referenda, democracy, comic book villains, the dynamics of union and separation, treaties and executive actions, Iceland, the roles of crisis and convenience. And a dramatic technical difficulty.

This show’s links:

Tim Meyer’s faculty profile
Oral Argument 2: Bust a Deal, Face the Wheel (guest Tim Meyer)
About the treaties and protocols of the European Union
Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty (aka the Treaty on European Union)
Laurence Helfer, Exiting Treaties
Timothy Meyer, Power, Exit Costs, and Renegotiation in International Law
Owen Bowcott, Theresa May Does Not Intend to Trigger Article 50 This Year, Court Told
About the royal prerogative in the United Kingdom
Scot Peterson, A Flexible Constitution Is Not Comforting in Troubled Times
Iain Watson, EU Referendum Petition Signed by More than 2.5m
About the US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement
About the UK Human Rights Act of 1998 (and its relation to the European Convention on Human Rights); Patrick Stewart, What Has the ECHR Ever Done for Us? (video); Charlie Peat, Theresa May Ditches Her Plans to Take Britain out of European Convention of Human Rights
About the European Free Trade Association and the European Economic Area
About Norway-EU Relations (including information about the Norwegian EU referenda)
About the 2014 Swiss immigration referendeum
About Otto von Bismarck
Special Guest: Tim Meyer.