Scottish Parliament

Modern Scottish politics was established in 1999 , then called the Scottish Executive rather than the Scottish Government. The current Scottish Government has control over a certain number of devolved matters whilst Westminster in England retains control of decisions affecting the whole of the United Kingdom. This modern day form of Scottish politics was very much influenced by the events and state of a post-war Britain in which many people across Scotland wanted change and more independence from

features of the Scottish political system, describe the voting

However this could be because there is a crèche in the Scottish parliament and the parliament closes at 5 while the UK parliament doesn’t have a crèche and closes when business is done meaning less women would want to be MPS and if Scottish would prefer to be MSPs. FPTP usually provides a majority government this means parliament can put bills through easier. For example in 1997 and 2001 labour received most votes with landslide victories.

whether the Scottish Referendum for Independence from 18th September 2014 (hereafter referred as “the 2014 Referendum”) was indeed a process that can give account to legitimacy. This essay will look at legitimacy as being a moral claim set by our own culture. It will also explore the meaning of “overall legitimacy” of the 2014 Referendum and if individual claims of citizens are in conflict with it. Furthermore, it will argued that the political discourse of Alex Salmond and of the Scottish National

two states and they were united which is called Anglo Scottish Union. Scotland’s relations with England,

infatuation with politics and policy began when I received a letter from the Scottish parliament about being a devolution child (born on the day that the parliament opened). It was a letter that would lead to multiple visits to the parliament, speaking to politicians about a better and newer Scotland from the age of ten. I kept in contact with them as I got older, this allowed myself to become engrossed in the world of Scottish politics and policies at this time. The singularly most inspiring thing

To what extent is parliament still sovereign? For many years it has been argued that parliamentary sovereignty has, and still is, being eroded. As said by AV Dicey, the word ‘sovereignty’ is used to describe the idea of “the power of law making unrestricted by any legal limit”. Parliamentary sovereignty is a principle of the UK constitution, stating that Parliament is the supreme legal authority in the UK, able to create and remove any law. This power over-rules courts and all other jurisdiction

fishing in Scottish waters and environmental law. If the Bill were to convert EU laws on devolved matters into UK law then the UK Government would be legislating on areas out-with its reserved functions. According to the ‘Sewel convention’ the legislative consent of the Scottish Parliament is required when Westminster legislation concerns devolved matters. As a constitutional convention, the ‘Sewel Convention’ is more of a political tool,

parliamentary sovereignty. Parliamentary sovereignty is the concept that Parliament has the power to repeal, amend or create any law it wishes and therefore no body in the UK can challenge its legal validity. There are many people who would argue that this is a key principle to the UK Constitution, on the other hand, there are those who strongly believe that this idea is one of the past, and that the idea of the UK Parliament being sovereign is false. One of these people is Lord Hope, who said “Parliamentary

At some point the question arrises as to why Scottish law should in fact be recognised by International law? International law is commonly believed to only concern itself with international situations. Additionally what comes to mind is the fact that at present day, Scotland is still a part of UK, hence the assumption arises that this is an issue much suited if it were to be determined by UK national law. However, it seems odd as to why a referendum for independence issue in Crimea is of the interest