{"id":3822,"date":"2017-03-10T14:13:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T14:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peacerep.org\/?page_id=3822"},"modified":"2022-09-14T15:26:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T15:26:41","slug":"international-law-the-scottish-independence-debate-and-political-settlement-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/gentest.cahss.ed.ac.uk\/dev-peacerep\/publication\/international-law-the-scottish-independence-debate-and-political-settlement-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"International Law, the Scottish Independence Debate and Political Settlement in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>International Law, the Scottish Independence Debate and Political Settlement in the UK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Citation:\u00a0<\/strong><div id=\"zotpress-b94638ecb31c1e6638fe2ca9120bc8a6\" class=\"zp-Zotpress zp-Zotpress-Bib wp-block-group\">\n\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_API_USER_ID ZP_ATTR\">383706<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_ITEM_KEY ZP_ATTR\">{:X5HFZ242}<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_COLLECTION_ID ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_TAG_ID ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_AUTHOR ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_YEAR ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n        <span class=\"ZP_ITEMTYPE ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_INCLUSIVE ZP_ATTR\">1<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_STYLE ZP_ATTR\">apa<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_LIMIT ZP_ATTR\">50<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_SORTBY ZP_ATTR\">default<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_ORDER ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_TITLE ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_SHOWIMAGE ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_SHOWTAGS ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_DOWNLOADABLE ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_NOTES ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_ABSTRACT ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_CITEABLE ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_TARGET ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_URLWRAP ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_FORCENUM ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n        <span class=\"ZP_HIGHLIGHT ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n        <span class=\"ZP_POSTID ZP_ATTR\">3822<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZOTPRESS_PLUGIN_URL ZP_ATTR\">https:\/\/gentest.cahss.ed.ac.uk\/dev-peacerep\/wp-content\/plugins\/zotpress\/<\/span>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"zp-List loading\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"zp-SEO-Content\">\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .zp-zp-SEO-Content -->\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .zp-List -->\n\t<\/div><!--.zp-Zotpress-->\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2721286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">book chapter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This chapter examines the role that international law played in the Scottish independence debates. I argue that international law \u2013 perhaps surprisingly \u2013 played a central role. International law was used by both \u2018yes\u2019 and \u2018no\u2019 campaigns in strategically instrumental ways, to bolster their political claims as to the consequences of independence. The unusual centrality of international law to British constitutional debate signals just how important international law has become with respect to processes of political settlement globally. I suggest that the creation of an international law of polity formation is itself a fast-moving international legal development, illustrating a dynamic whereby the attempt to regulate polity formation by reference to international legal argument carries an extraordinary capacity to re-shape international law. 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