nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20221014-230629-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 221014s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20221014-230629-0 doi eng 342 23 Douglas-Scott, Sionaidh Author aut A Second Scottish Independence Referendum in the UK Supreme Court Douglas-Scott, Sionaidh Verfassungsblog 2022-10-14 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On October 11 and 12 an important case was argued in the UK Supreme Court over whether the Scottish Parliament has the competence to enact an independence referendum Bill. The Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, the principle Law Officer for the Scottish Government, brought a reference to the Supreme Court under the Scotland Act 1998 Schedule 6 paragraph 34. Even though the prospects for the case are unencouraging, an independence referendum is only one limb of the Scottish Government’s planned strategy for independence. CC BY-SA 4.0 indy ref Referendum Scotland scottish independence UK Supreme Court Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-second-scottish-independence-referendum-in-the-uk-supreme-court/ raw object