Publications
Books & Articles
Sleeping with an Elephant: Devolution and the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020
23 February 2022 | Centre on Constitutional Change
Journal article from Nicola McEwen, Aileen McHarg, Jo Hunt and Michael Dougan. The constitutional fall-out from the process of withdrawing from the European Union has been dramatic and wide-ranging. The focus of this article is the impact of withdrawal on devolution and the territorial constitution, through an examination of the market access principles that are at the core of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (UKIMA).
Reports & Briefings
An EU border across Britain: Scotland’s borders after Independence
3 February 2022 | Nicola McEwen, Katy Hayward
This report, An EU border across Britain: Scotland’s borders after independence, considers the prospect of an independent Scotland within the European Union, not as a prediction, but to illustrate how Brexit has profoundly changed the context in which independence is contested and could be realised.
Books & Articles
Scotland's New Choice: Independence after Brexit
18 March 2021 | Centre on Constitutional Change
A new ebook from the Centre on Constitutional Change 'Scotland's New Choice: Independence after Brexit' where 25 leading academics address the question of what independence means for Scotland after Brexit.
Books & Articles
Brexit and the union: Territorial voice, exit and re-entry strategies in Scotland and Northern Ireland after EU exit
12 March 2021 | Nicola McEwen, Mary C. Murphy
Article from Nicola McEwen and Mary C Murphy examining the impact of Brexit on the internal boundaries and territorial future of the UK, with a focus on Scotland and Northern Ireland
Books & Articles
Taking back control? Brexit and the territorial constitution of the United Kingdom
2 February 2021 | Michael Keating
Article from Michael Keating discussing the territorial tensions exacerbated by Brexit in Scotland and Northern Ireland, and responses to these tensions.
Reports & Briefings
Brexit and Beyond
19 January 2021 | Centre on Constitutional Change
Report from UK in a Changing Europe, underlining the challenges and opportunities that confront the United Kingdom now it has left the European Union.
Books & Articles
Has the European Union empowered the regions? A pre- and post-Brexit preliminary investigation of the United Kingdom
11 January 2021 | Giada Laganà
Giada Lagana provides an account of how empowering and disempowering structures in the interacted with at a European level and the disempowering issues Brexit presents for the UK's territorial and constitutional future.
