Ronan McCrea: Is the United Kingdom a Mini-EU?
The United Kingdom is to leave the European Union, partly in order to protect the right to self-government of the UK as a nation state as expressed through the sovereignty … Continue reading
Stephen Tierney: Is a Federal Britain Now Inevitable?
The Smith Commission Report issued today promises a restructuring of the United Kingdom which may prove to be more significant than the devolution settlement of 1997-98 itself; the acquisition of … Continue reading
Conference Announcement: Thirty Years of Judicial Review in Scotland
Sponsored by the Clark Foundation for Legal Education and the UK Constitutional Law Association Thirty Years of Judicial Review in Scotland 26 January 2015 10 am to 4.30 pm … Continue reading
Sionaidh Douglas-Scott: British withdrawal from the EU: an existential threat to the United Kingdom?
The Conservative party’s proposal to repeal the Human Rights Act (and their proposal’s many faults) has already been well documented. However, as Roger Masterman has already pointed out on this … Continue reading
Aileen McHarg: The Vow: Vote No for More Devo
Today’s papers carry the text of a pledge by David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg that a No vote in Thursday’s referendum is not a vote for the status … Continue reading
Nick Barber: After the Vote: The Citizenship Question
Three intertwined questions relating to citizenship will become of great importance if there is a ‘yes’ vote in the Scottish referendum. First, who will become, or be able to become, … Continue reading
Aileen McHarg: A Constitution for an Independent Scotland: the Draft Scottish Independence Bill
In her speech at Edinburgh University launching the draft Scottish Independence Bill, Nicola Sturgeon claimed that ‘the prospect of a Constitutional Convention and a written constitution are, in themselves, positive reasons … Continue reading
Katie Boyle: Scotland in Transition: the Scottish Government’s Proposed Interim Constitution and the Scottish Independence Bill
On Monday 16 June 2014 the Scottish Government launched the Scottish Independence Bill: A Consultation on an Interim Constitution for Scotland at the Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law. The publication … Continue reading
Nick Barber: After the Vote
At 650 pages Scotland’s Future is not a light read. It stands as the Scottish Government’s manifesto for a yes vote in the independence referendum. The volume ranges from profoundly … Continue reading
Aileen McHarg: A Tale of Two Constitutions?
Last week, I spent two days in London, accompanying a group of Constitutional Law students on a trip to the Westminster Parliament, the Supreme Court and the Scotland Office. The … Continue reading
