Subjects:

European Jurisdictions

Contents:

""Constitutionalism, Judicial Review and ""the Evident Utility of the Subjects Within Scotland"". Lawyers in Contemporary Scottish Politics: A New ""Dundas Despotism""? Legislating for Diversity: Minorities in the New Scotland. Scots Law and European Private Law

Old and Foreign: History, Historiography and Comparative Law

Scottish Self-Government and the Unitary Constitution

Transitional Jurisprudence in the UK: A Very Scottish Coup?

Imagined Communities, Imaginary Conversations: Failure and the Construction of Legal Identities

Under the Shadow over Parliament House: The Strange Case of Legal Nationalism.""

The Scotland Act 1998 and Human Rights Act 1988 have been the catalyst for enormous upheaval in the world of the Scottish lawyer. Constitutional and political change has produced a fundamental challenge to the ideas and institutions of Scots Law.

The State of Scots Law seeks to stimulate important and necessary public discussion. Written by leading academics from Scotland's universities, their contributions are likely to become the standard point of reference in this debate.""