Who gets to be a citizen and how do you set up immigration rules?
At independence any UK citizen and anyone normally resident is entitled to become a citizen. Immigration and naturalisation rules need to be set at the time of independence too.
Unions and Citizens: Membership Status and Political Rights in the Scotland, the UK and the EU
This chapter makes use of the lenses of citizenship to explore the interaction between the two dimensions of ‘troubled membership’. It locates legal change in its broader political context and focuses on contested boundaries of polity membership. This explores the content of a possible future Scottish citizenship, and examines the formal legal membership and political citizenship in respect of both the Scottish referendum and the UK’s referendum on EU membership.
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Academic Paper
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How To Start a New Country & A Short Guide To Starting a New Country
Both books are essential reading for both believers in Scottish independence and undecided voters who seek answers to their practical questions about the processes required for starting an independent country.
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Policy Paper