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Sovereignty and the Law

Sovereignty and the Law Domestic, European and International Perspectives

Author: Richard Rawlings; Peter Leyland; Alison Young
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199684069
Published In: November 2013
Format: Hardback , 368 pages
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Individual chapters by leading writers examine a series of cross cutting themes
Offers contemporary debates around constitutional issues and the nature of the state

The topic of sovereignty is contentious, and one of enduring interest. In a world of ever increasing economic globalisation, the rise of supranational regulation and the interconnected age of information and communication technology, among many other developments, have challenged the once exclusively held Westphalian model of sovereignty. The distinction between the internal aspect of sovereignty as expressed in terms of ultimate authority in a constitution, and the external aspect involving the relationship between sovereign states has been blurred. This has given rise to contemporary debates that explore the theoretical and practical implications of current challenges to established doctrines.

Evidently no book could encompass the entirety of the contemporary debates on sovereignty.
This is a book of essays focusing on sovereignty by a team of leading writers contributing domestic, European and international perspectives. The essays have been written at a time of very great testing of the institutional frameworks at every level: domestic, European, international or global. The book illuminates the enduring strength of sovereignty as a foundational concept and the continuing widespread appeal if sovereignty as an idea.

Readership: For pratitioners, students, scholars and libraries of public law, EU law, public international law and political science.

1: Richard Rawlings: Introduction: Sovereignty in Question
2: Neil Walker: Sovereignty Frames and Sovereignty Claims
3: Martin Loughlin: Why Sovereignty?
4: Jeffrey Goldsworthy: Parliamentary Sovereignty and Constitutional Change in the United Kingdom
5: Alison Young: Parliamentary Sovereignty Re-defined
6: Lord Hope of Craighead: Is the Rule of Law now the Sovereign Principle?
7: Richard Kay: Changing the UK Constitution: The Blind Sovereign
8: John Morison: "A sort of Farewell": Sovereignty, Transition and Devolution in the UK
9: Peter Leyland: Referendums, Popular Sovereignty and the Territorial Constitution
10: Paul Craig: The UK, the EU and Sovereignty
11: Damian Chalmers: European Restatements of Sovereignty
12: David Feldman: Sovereignties in Strasbourg
13: Margit Cohn: Sovereignty, Constitutional Dialogues and Political Networks: A Comparative and Conceptual Study
14: Sir Christopher Greenwood: Sovereignty in Question: A View from the International Bench
15: Joanne Scott: Territorial Sovereignty and Territorial Extension in an Inter-Connected World
16: Peter Muchlinski: Sovereignty and Private Corporate Power: the Case of Multinational Enterprises
17: Perry Keller: Sovereignty and Liberty in the Internet Era

Richard Rawlings is Professor of Public Law, University College London. Honorary Bencher at Middle Temple, Professor Rawlings was Legal Adviser to the House of Lords Constitution Committee 2009-2013

Peter Leyland is Professor of Public Law at London Metropolitan University. Honorary Fellow of Middle Temple, Professor Leyland is Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies and a visiting professor of public law at SPISA, University of Bologna, LUISS University Rome, Bocconi University Milan, the University of Viena, NIDA and the Council of State in Bangkok.

Alison Young is a Tutor and Fellow in Law at Hertford College and a Lecturer in Law at the University of Oxford

Contributors:
Richard Rawlings, University College London
Neil Walker, University of Edinborough
Martin Loughlin, London School of Economics
Jeffrey Goldsworthy, Monash University
Alison Young, University of Oxford
Lord Hope of Craighead, The Supreme Court
Richard Kay, University of Connecticut
John Morison, Queens University Belfast
Peter Leyland, Metropolitan University London
Paul Craig, University of Oxford
Damian Chalmers, London School of Economics
David Feldman, University of Cambridge
Margit Cohn, University of Leicester
Sir Christopher Greenwood, International Court of Justice
Joanne Scott, University College London
Peter Muchlinski, SOAS, University of London
Perry Keller, Kings College London