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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      October 2023
      November 2023
      ISBN:
      9781108894951
      9781108841788
      9781108795340
      Dimensions:
      (244 x 170 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.072kg, 376 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (244 x 170 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.889kg, 376 Pages
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    Book description

    This book provides a critical analysis of Brexit, placing it in the broader context of the historical development of the British Constitution and earlier disputes as to the meaning of statehood, sovereignty, and territorial boundaries. Some of the greatest challenges posed by the UK's withdrawal from the EU are those it places on the British Constitution, which is already 'unsettled' and under strain. This book investigates this impact, but also uniquely locates Brexit in the broader context of historically significant British 'acts of union or disunion' – such as the loss of former US colonies and British Empire, and the place of Scotland and Ireland in the Union. These precedents help us understand how a British constitutional identity has been shaped or dismantled by legal concepts of union or sovereignty.

    Reviews

    ‘… rich and detailed historical and comparative analysis of union and disunion in British constitutional history.’

    Oliver Garner Source: The Review of Democracy

    ‘Few publications are as ambitious in their depth and range as is Douglas-Scott’s engrossing legal history’

    Patricia Tuitt

    ‘Particularly valuable is the original and extended analysis of the British Empire, or empires, including the North American colonies, India, and the African, Asian, and Caribbean possessions …. Douglas-Scott is not the first scholar to dissect the intellectual muddle of Diceyan doctrine, but she is one of the most effective, to the point that one wonders why anyone should have taken it seriously …. This book provides a penetrating account and critique of the UK’s domestic and imperial constitution. It challenges the old myths of exceptionalism and progress …’

    Michael Keating Source: Journal of Law and Society

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    Contents

    • Introduction
      pp 1-20

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