Devolution, law making, and the constitution

2005 · Book · Robert Hazell, Richard Rawlings

“Such is the hold of the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty on the legal imagination that lawyers have an instinctive difficulty in coming to terms with the fact that the Scottish Parliament is as important if not more important a potential source of law within Scotland than Westminster.”

"This book explores the future of devolution, by examining the new political dynamics devolution has put into play. These concern devolution's operation and also its impact - how devolution has altered politics in the parts of the UK that experience devolution and in the UK as a whole. Chapters examine the key topics in devolution, and examine the interplay between institutional change and social, economic and political forces (both those that existed before devolution and those brought into being by it). This interplay creates scope for varying forms of change, but what that change means varies from topic to topic. In some cases - such as Wales - institutional issues remain to the fore, while in others - such as Scotland - pressures for institutional change are relatively limited but the devolved institutions create scope for new political factors to come into play. The book is written by members of the Constitution Unit at UCL and leading experts from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland."--BOOK JACKET. by Robert Hazell, Richard Rawlings