Questions of Sovereignty: Redefining Politics in Scotland?
The issue of sovereignty has never been resolved in Scotland. The 1998 Scotland Act, creating the Scottish Parliament affirmed that the Westminster Parliament is sovereign, but this is disputed. In practice, the issue was left largely in abeyance as sovereignty was seen as an outdated concept. The S...
| Publicado en: | Political Quarterly Vol. 92; no. 1; pp. 14 - 23 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jan2021
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