Brexit and the Scottish Question

Primary Author or Creator
Sionaidh Douglas-Scott
Additional Author(s) / Creators
Queen Mary University of London
Type of Resource
Academic Paper
Length (Pages, words, minutes etc...)
19pp
Date Published
Fast Facts

The 2016 Scottish vote for remaining in the EU received no consideration by the UK government for possible special arrangements.  The prospect of a new independence referendum gains credibility as the paper shows the constitutional convention on consultation was considered irrelevant by the UK government.

More details

Queen Mary School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 300/2019

Also published in Federico Fabbrini (ed), The Law & Politics of Brexit, (Oxford University Press, 2017).