Scotland's Place in Europe | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk Edinburgh Europa Institute Thu, 01 Nov 2018 09:10:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/files/2015/03/European-Futures-Icon.png Scotland's Place in Europe | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk 32 32 The EU and Scottish independence after Brexit https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/the-eu-and-scottish-independence-after-brexit/ Fri, 26 Oct 2018 09:13:40 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=7354 Núria González Campañá LERU Brexit Seminar     Secession is a live issue in today’s Western Europe. In the last years, we have witnessed the failure of two pro-independence attempts in Scotland and Catalonia. In the near future, we might see their re-emergence or the rise of other pro-secession movements in other European regions.  © …

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]]> Implementation of Brexit in the UK https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/implementation-of-brexit-in-the-uk/ Tue, 09 Oct 2018 11:31:15 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=7225 Darren Harvey LERU Brexit Seminar   Introduction In order to prepare the UK legal order for Brexit, the UK Government’s flagship piece of legislation, the EU Withdrawal Act 2018 (EUWA), received royal assent on 26th June 2018. The EUWA repeals the European Communities Act 1972 (ECA) on “exit day”, which is defined in section 20(1) …

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]]> Incorporating International Human Rights in a Devolved Context https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/incorporating-international-human-rights-in-a-devolved-context/ Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:06:11 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=7114 Kasey McCall-Smith Brexit and Rights Engagement Network     International human rights treaties universally contain a call to States parties to give legal effect to the obligations found in the treaty text. Article 2(2) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, for example, obliges states ‘to adopt such laws or other measures as …

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]]> Taking Stock: Scotland and Brexit https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/taking-stock-scotland-and-brexit/ Wed, 05 Sep 2018 08:26:26 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=7084 Tobias Lock Brexit and Rights Engagement Network     With little more than six months to go before the UK leaves the EU on 29 March 2019, the position of Scotland vis-à-vis the EU is not much clearer than it was in the immediate aftermath of the EU referendum more than two years ago. The …

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]]> Criminal Cooperation, Brexit and the devolved nations: where are we and what is the way ahead? https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/criminal-cooperation-brexit-and-the-devolved-nations-where-are-we-and-what-is-the-way-ahead/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 11:41:18 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=7072 Anni Pues Brexit and Rights Engagement Network     Brexit will bring to an end judicial and police cooperation between the UK and the EU as we know it. The UK government seeks to retain key elements through a specific ‘security treaty’. Its White Paper from July 2018 envisages that for the area of ‘internal …

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