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Scotland Powerless to Veto UK’s Possible Secession From EU: Expert
via omoooduarere.blogspot

Mark Hirst – Scotland has no right under existing constitutional law to veto a UK referendum on the country's secession from the European Union planned for 2017, Nick Barber, Associate Professor in Law at Trinity College, Oxford told RIA Novosti on Wednesday...
Something for the weekend (15)
via humanrightseurope

Does ‘E-democracy’ and the digital engagement of a tech-savvy organised citizenry herald a new era of disruption for old style ‘politics as usual’ in Europe? Yes, according to many of the 1,0000 activists, bloggers, social entrepreneurs...
The constitutional implications of the rise of the SNP
via democraticaudit

The UK Constitutional Law Association blog has asked constitutional lawyers to review the main party manifestos ahead of the May elections, drawing out key constitutional proposals. Below Aileen McHarg discussed the constitutional implications of the...
How will human rights fare under new PM Theresa May? – the Round-up
via ukhumanrightsblog

In the news Theresa May has been sworn in as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prompting speculation about the impact her leadership will have on human rights. The former Home Secretary has been a vocal and long-standing critic of the Human Rights...
Brexit, Article 50 and devolved legislative consent
via devolutionmatters.wordpress

This post is about whether Brexit requires legislative consent from the devolved legislatures, particularly the Scottish Parliament, and what that consent relates to – whether the whole process of Brexit, or only aspects of it. It argues that the English...

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Hasan Dindjer: Sources of Law and Fundamental Constitutional Change | UK Constitutional Law Association

The majority’s reasoning in Miller may appear to turn on the proposition that the European Communities Act 1972 (‘ECA’) introduced a new source of law in the UK ([60]-[66]). The majority argue that, s...
Harshan Kumarasingham: Eastminster: the Westminster model in British Asia | UK Constitutional Law Association

Cross-posted from the Constitution Unit blog. The ‘Westminster model’ outside the British Isles tends to be associated with the former British settler colonies such as Australia, Canada and New Zealan...

Mike Gordon: The UK’s Sovereignty Uncertainty – UK Constitutional Law Association

The sovereignty strand of the renegotiation of the UK’s position in the EU was always likely to raise challenges. This is, in part, because ‘sovereignty’ itself is a contested idea: it can mean differ...