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Zusatztext although the book was published at a time of unprecedented political and constitutional instability, it will remain a commendable study of the (first?) Scottish independence referendum which, owing to the quality of the authors involved and their mastery of their respective fields, offers more than a snapshot in time and provides many excellent insights into Scottish politics and on the dynamics of constitutional change in the UK. Informationen zum Autor Aileen McHarg is Professor of Public Law at the University of Strathclyde. She has written extensively on Scots and UK public law, and participated actively in the referendum debate. Together with the other editors of this volume, she was a founding member of the Scottish Constitutional Futures Forum. She is also a member of the Law Society of Scotland's Constitutional Law Sub-Committee, an executive member of the UK Constitutional Law Association, and Analysis Editor of the Edinburgh Law Review. Tom Mullen is Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow. His research interests include constitutional law, administrative law and housing law, and he has written widely on these subjects. In the last few years, he has been working extensively on constitutional change in the UK. Alan Page is Professor of Public Law at the University of Dundee. He has written extensively on the constitutional law and governance of Scotland since devolution and the independence referendum. Neil Walker is Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations at the University of Edinburgh, having previously been Professor of European Law at the European University Institute. He has written extensively on matters of UK, European, and transnational constitutional theory and practice. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and also of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He is general editor of the OUP monograph series Oxford Constitutional Theory. Klappentext Providing a comprehensive analysis of the historical events leading up to the Scottish referendum, the referendum process, and the key issues arising out of the debate, this edited collection looks to the past and future to examine the implications of the referendum for the future of Scottish governance and the UK constitution. Zusammenfassung Providing a comprehensive analysis of the historical events leading up to the Scottish referendum, the referendum process, and the key issues arising out of the debate, this edited collection looks to the past and future to examine the implications of the referendum for the future of Scottish governance and the UK constitution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Referendum Timeline Part I: The Road to the Referendum 1: Aileen McHarg, Tom Mullen, Alan Page and Neil Walker: Introduction 2: Colin Kidd and Malcolm Petrie: The Independence Referendum in Historical and Political Context Part II: The Referendum Process 3: Stephen Tierney: The Scottish Independence Referendum: A Model of Good Practice in Direct Democracy? 4: James Mitchell: The Referendum Campaign Part III: The Referendum Debate 5: Tom Mullen: The Framing of the Referendum Debate 6: Aileen McHarg: The Constitutional Case for Independence 7: Jim Gallagher: Making the Case for Union: Exactly Why Are We Better Together? 8: Sionaidh Douglas-Scott: Scotland, Secession, and the European Union 9: Christine Bell: International Law and Processes of Political Settlement 10: Andrew Scott: Economics and National Autonomy Part IV: Territorial Politics and the UK Constitution After the Independence Referendum 11: Nicola McEwen: A Constitution in Flux: the Dynamics of Constitutional Change After the Referendum 12: Neil Walker: The Territorial Constitution and the Future of Scotland 13: Nicholas Aroney: Devolutionary Federalism Within a Westminster-Derived Context 14: Alan Page: The Referendum Debate, the Democratic Deficit, and...
