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The Scottish Parliament, the Supreme Court, and an Independence Referendum?
Judicial Review, 20231. The result of the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence was a – fairly narrow – rejection of the proposal for Scotland becoming independent at that time. However, there remained a high level of support for independence. As is well-known, whilst the
Matthew Psycharis, A. Mills
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Civic Participation in the Scottish Parliament Committees
International Journal of Public Administration, 2012Peter Mclaverty, Iain Macleod
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Institutionalising public deliberation: Insights from the Scottish Parliament
British Politics, 2011Alastair Stark
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Learning Disability Practice, 1999
In the run-up to the general election the Labour Party had promised Scotland a referendum on the establishment of a Parliament and, shortly after taking over government, passed legislation allowing the referendum to take place. Held on the 11 September 1997, the referendum asked people in Scotland to vote on two issues: whether or not a Parliament ...
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In the run-up to the general election the Labour Party had promised Scotland a referendum on the establishment of a Parliament and, shortly after taking over government, passed legislation allowing the referendum to take place. Held on the 11 September 1997, the referendum asked people in Scotland to vote on two issues: whether or not a Parliament ...
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The Scottish Electorate and the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Affairs, 1998The general election of the 1 May 1997 saw a Labour government returned to office for the first time in 18 years and placed firmly on the agenda the prospect of a parliament for Scotland. In the run-up to the election the Labour party had promised Scotland a referendum on the establishment of a parliament and, shortly after taking the reins of ...
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Education in the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Educational Review, 2019This paper follows on from the previous bulletin (Redford 2019), which covered the education remit of the Parliament’s Education and Skills Committee between September 2018 and January 2019.
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New Scottish Parliament, New Scottish Parliamentarians?
The Journal of Legislative Studies, 2001This article analyses the social characteristics and career paths of Scottish elected representatives, assessing the extent to which the Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) are different from their Scottish counterparts at Westminster as well as the society at large.
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The Lawmaking Process in The Scottish Parliament
Legal Information Management, 2001The Scotland Act 1998 which established the Scottish Parliament confers on that Parliament the power to make laws which are known as Acts of the Scottish Parliament. However, the legislative competence of the Parliament is restricted. The main restriction relates to reserved matters, that is those matters which the UK Parliament has not devolved to the
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The Scottish parliament of 1621
The Historical Journal, 1995ABSTRACTThis parliament saw two controversial government proposals: to ratify the Five Articles of Perth which introduced Anglican-style ceremonies into church worship, and to introduce a new tax on interest payments. A rare division list survives. It shows the split to have been partly regional: opposition was concentrated in Scotland's central belt ...
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