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| | Today I came across an article published on CommonSpace.scot by a guy called Anthony Barrnett, founder ofopendemocracy.net.Entitled 'Why the EU vote is an English, not British, reckoning', it discusses the upcoming EU referendum, and the potential implications, with a particular look at the Scottish element. It seemed like a good read, but before I got...
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| | By Mark Elliott and Nicholas Kilford In the Continuity Bill Reference, the Supreme Court advanced a striking analysis of the implications for devolution of the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty - or, more specifically, of the provision in the Scotland Act 1998 that had hitherto been understood merely to affirm that doctrine. The provision in question...
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| | Introduction David Hume (1711-1776) has been characterised as one of the most influential philosophers of the modern era. His writings, although most influential in philosophy, have also been applied to jurisprudence. This essay will apply some of Hume's philosophical ideas to the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty both in its orthodox and modern form. The focus...
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| Hamburg, NY (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) - Carl Schmitt wrote in Political Theology (1922) "sovereign is he who decides on the state of the exception." What Schmitt meant in using the word "exception" is that in a specific historical timeframe a sovereign can suspend law in the context of a declared state of emergency. In so doing, he possesses absolute power over the judicial order and can decide what needs to be done, by ruling by decree. On April 25, 2024, the United States Supreme Court con...