The Faroe Islands:Possible Lessons for Scotland in a New Post-Brexit Devolution Settlement

The Brexit referendum saw millions of people voting to “take back control” from Brussels. The decision to leave the EU and to return powers to the UK has created new constitutional complexity, especially for Scotland, which overwhelmingly voted to remain. The Scottish Government has made it clear th...

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Main Author: Hartmann, Jacques
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Published: 2019
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spelling ftunivdundeepure:oai:discovery.dundee.ac.uk:publications/466a76f8-c513-4c9b-b492-61bf998bac38 2024-09-15T18:05:36+00:00 The Faroe Islands:Possible Lessons for Scotland in a New Post-Brexit Devolution Settlement Hartmann, Jacques 2019-02 application/pdf https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/publications/466a76f8-c513-4c9b-b492-61bf998bac38 https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/ws/files/30966078/Author_Accepted_Manuscript.pdf https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2909543 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85061721464&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/publications/466a76f8-c513-4c9b-b492-61bf998bac38 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Hartmann , J 2019 , ' The Faroe Islands : Possible Lessons for Scotland in a New Post-Brexit Devolution Settlement ' , European Law Review , vol. 44 , no. 1 , pp. 110-122 . < https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2909543 > Scotland Devolution Brexit International personallity Faroe Islands Denmark EU International Law Sub-state enteties article 2019 ftunivdundeepure 2024-07-09T14:14:09Z The Brexit referendum saw millions of people voting to “take back control” from Brussels. The decision to leave the EU and to return powers to the UK has created new constitutional complexity, especially for Scotland, which overwhelmingly voted to remain. The Scottish Government has made it clear that, despite the overall result, it wants to retain key benefits of EU membership, even if the rest of the UK leaves the EU and the Single Market. The difficulty now is finding a constitutional compromise that addresses the concerns of the Scottish Government as the UK leaves the EU in March 2019. The Faroe Islands' reserved powers model can potentially yield important lessons for Scotland. Despite refusing to accede with Denmark in 1973, the Faroes has developed a close relationship with the EU. The case of the Faroes shows that there are no legal barriers in EU or international law against Scotland following a similar path. A constitutional compromise can be achieved through the use of international legal personality and the political will to find a settlement. Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands Faroes Discovery - University of Dundee Online Publications
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Brexit
International personallity
Faroe Islands
Denmark
EU
International Law
Sub-state enteties
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EU
International Law
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The Faroe Islands:Possible Lessons for Scotland in a New Post-Brexit Devolution Settlement
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description The Brexit referendum saw millions of people voting to “take back control” from Brussels. The decision to leave the EU and to return powers to the UK has created new constitutional complexity, especially for Scotland, which overwhelmingly voted to remain. The Scottish Government has made it clear that, despite the overall result, it wants to retain key benefits of EU membership, even if the rest of the UK leaves the EU and the Single Market. The difficulty now is finding a constitutional compromise that addresses the concerns of the Scottish Government as the UK leaves the EU in March 2019. The Faroe Islands' reserved powers model can potentially yield important lessons for Scotland. Despite refusing to accede with Denmark in 1973, the Faroes has developed a close relationship with the EU. The case of the Faroes shows that there are no legal barriers in EU or international law against Scotland following a similar path. A constitutional compromise can be achieved through the use of international legal personality and the political will to find a settlement.
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