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Constitution and constitutional law

Oxford Constitutions of the World
Alternative names: OCW ; Constitutions of the countries of the world, Constitutions of dependencies & territories

English translations of the constitutions and constitutional documents of the world’s nations and sub-national jurisdictions.

Constitutional law of Scotland by Page, Alan C. Scottish Universities Law Institute
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 0414014561
Publication Date: 2015
Print copy at KM31.S3.PAG 2015
Public law by Reid Paul (Advocate)
Call Number: KM1.S3.REI 2015
ISBN: 0414019083
Publication Date: (3rd edn, 2015)
Previous editions were by Jane Munro

Constitutions, constitutional & administrative law
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UK Devolution

Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
Official website.
Scotland Act 1998 (1998 c.46)
Text as originally enacted.
Devolution of powers to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
UK Government guidance explaining the background to devolution and how the legislatures and administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland work.
Referendum: Devolution
Free resource. Web pages of BBC retelling both Scottish & Welsh results.
Boundary Commission for Scotland
Official website. "The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of:

constituencies in Scotland for the UK Parliament; and
constituencies and regions for the Scottish Parliament."

Subject search Decentralization in government - Great Britain

Decentralization in government - Scotland
Home rule -- Scotland
Scotland - politics and government - 20th century (or whichever century)

Devolution, law making and the constitution by edited by Robert Hazell and Richard Rawlings
Call Number: KM366.HAZ 2005
ISBN: 1845400372
Publication Date: 2005
Devolution by Noreen Burrows
Call Number: KM371.BUR 2000
ISBN: 0421722800
Publication Date: 2000
Constitutional Law and National Pluralism by Stephen Tierney
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 0199298610
Publication Date: 2004
Print copy is at General 510 T564a

UK Supreme Court

REFERENCE by the Lord Advocate of devolution issues under paragraph 34 of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998 [2022] UKSC 31
OA decision of Wednesday 23 November 2022

Scotland Act 1998 sch 6 para 34 allows the Lord Advocate to “refer to the Supreme Court any devolution issue which is not the subject of proceedings”.

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