Professor Marc Weller provides a fascinating insight into the Supreme Court’s ruling that Westminster’s permission is required before a referendum on Scottish independence can go ahead. Professor Weller, of Cambridge University, examines the case, in this week’s NLJ.
Professor Weller, of Cambridge University, looks at the court’s finding that (to paraphrase) Scotland’s people are not entitled to the right of self-determination through unilateral secession because they do not suffer from repression, exclusion or colonial rule. He explains the context behind this finding—the question of self-determination was raised as an incidental issue by the SNP, intervening, and not fully argued before the court.
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