Research Publications by Theme

One main question: How far can a composite legal order accommodate units with conflicting constitutional visions that want to loosen, disapply or even leave the common framework?

(Open-access copies are posted wherever the publisher permits. Where they do not, ask me and I will send an offprint.)

Federalism

Constitutional orders that combine shared rule with territorially based self rule

Cyprus

The Green Line, the suspended acquis, and the UK Sovereign Base Areas

Spain and Catalunya

Statutes of Autonomy, the 2017 referendum and the road to EU membership

Secession

The process of a region to break off in order to form a new state or to join an existing neighbour

Scotland

Independence, EU membership and the limits of differentiated Brexit

Nullification and Withdrawal

The decision of a Member State to withdraw in whole or in part from the EU’s overall federal pact

Northern Ireland

The Protocol, the Windsor Framework and the constitutional integrity of the UK