The United Kingdom and The Federal Idea

Robert Schütze is Professor of European Union Law and Co-director of the Global Policy Institute at Durham University. Stephen Tierney is Professor of Constitutional Theory at the University of Edinburgh.

SUMMARY CONTENTS
Introduction: British ‘Federalism’?
Robert Schütze
Part I. Historical Evolution: From Past to Present
1. The Failure of British and Irish Federalism, circa 1800–1950
Alvin Jackson
2. Parliamentary Sovereignty, Federalism and the Commonwealth
Peter C Oliver
3. Shared Rule: What the UK Could Learn from Federalism
Adam Tomkins
4. Drifting Towards Federalism? Appraising the Constitution in Light of the Scotland Act 2016 and Wales Act 2017
Stephen Tierney
5. Devolution and Secession in Comparative Perspective: The Case of Spain and Italy
Barbara Guastaferro and Lucía Payero

Part II. In Particular: The External Dimension
6. The UK’s Reluctant Relationship with the EU: Integration, Equivocation, or Disintegration?
Jo Eric Khushal Murkens
7. Britain and the European Union: Federalism and Differentiation
Sionaidh Douglas-Scott
8. Federal Dynamics of the UK/Strasbourg Relationship
Roger Masterman
9. The UK’s Status in the WTO Post-Brexit
Lorand Bartels
10. A Willing International Federalist? The UK’s Pivotal Role within the United Nations
Nigel D White
Conclusion: We Have Always been Federal
David Armitage