Workshop on Scottish Independence
We have witnessed the recent elections, and the troublesome consequences that a closely divided electorate can produce in a voting system. Fortunately the upcoming workshop on Scottish independence organized by PhD candidate Jernej Letnar Cernic and Professor Carty should shed some light on the debates on independence and devolution which are likely to ensue. Here is a summary of the workshop: On 12 May 2007 the University of Aberdeen School of Law, Scotland will hold a workshop on the legal impact of a referendum on Scottish Independence. The issues discussed will be both a matter of comparative constitutional law and international law. We want to keep the questions for debate as open as possible, but they should at least cover the following issues. Is it, as a matter of public law , enough to justify a regional Parliament negotiating with the National Government for independence, that there is a majority of pro-independence members in the regional Parliament, or does the regiona...