Tag: representative democracy
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Pravar Petkar: Consultative Referendums and Constituent Power in the UK
On 28 June 2022, the Scottish First Minister announced that the Lord Advocate had made a reference to the UK Supreme Court on whether a Bill for a consultative referendum on Scottish independence would fall within the Scottish Parliament’s legislative competence. Although there has already been much discussion on the issue of legislative competence (see here, here and here), this post…