Subjects:

European Jurisdictions

Contents:

1 - Constitutions and Constitutional Law.

2 - Constitutional Law and Constitutional Values.

3 - The Scottish Constitutional Context.

4 - The UK and Scottish Parliaments : The Institutional Framework.

5 - Law-Making Competences for Scotland.

6 - The UK Government and the Scottish Executive.

7 - Local Authorities and Other Public Bodies.

8 - Law-Making Procedures.

9 - The Parliamentary Accountability of Government.

10 - Public Finance.

11 - Courts and the Independence of the Judiciary.

12 - Public Law Adjudication.

Index.

Significant areas of constitutional law are of general application throughout the UK. Nevertheless, factors such as the existence of a distinct Scottish legal system, some measure of separate recognition within law-making and parliamentary procedure and, particularly, the establishment of a devolved Parliament for Scotland means that there are materials, questions and concerns which are exclusively Scottish in nature.

This new text concentrates on the Scottish dimension of constitutional law while setting the subject in its UK and European context.