Sovereignty and the Law

Domestic, European and International Perspectives

Edited by Richard Rawlings, Peter Leyland, and Alison Young

Individual chapters by leading writers examine a series of cross cutting themes
Offers contemporary debates around constitutional issues and the nature of the state

Sovereignty and the Law

Domestic, European and International Perspectives

Edited by Richard Rawlings, Peter Leyland, and Alison Young

Description

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.

Sovereignty and the Law

Domestic, European and International Perspectives

Edited by Richard Rawlings, Peter Leyland, and Alison Young

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

Sovereignty and the Law

Domestic, European and International Perspectives

Edited by Richard Rawlings, Peter Leyland, and Alison Young

Author Information

Richard Rawlings, Professor of Public Law, University College London,Peter Leyland, Professor of Public Law, London Metropolitan University,Alison Young, Fellow and Lecturer in Law, University of Oxford

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