Constitution
Losing our Independence
Author / Creator: David Heriot
Media type: Discussion Paper
Date published: 2022
There never was a glorious and joyous coming together of Scotland and England. Instead, Scotland was shackled to England to create a United Kingdom of Great Britain, a United Kingdom that was – and still is – firmly under England’s control.
The Path to break out of the UK – Scotland’s Forgotten Constitution
Author / Creator: David Heriot
Media type: Discussion Paper
Date published: 2022
The Claim of Right is a standing constitution that remains in force in Scotland today, under treaty and constitutional law. We can and should use it to withdraw from the Union.
The Scottish Constitution and the Constitutional Compact
Author / Creator: Sara Salyers
Media type: document
Date published: 2022
When we apply the criteria to the constitutional documents and arrangements of Scotland prior to the Union, (1310 to 1706), we find a core of self-consistent, constitutional principles which collectively reinforce and develop those expressed in the Claim of Right Act of 1689.
Claim of Right Act, 1689
Author / Creator: Scottish Parliament
Media type: Document
Date published:
The Claim of Right Act, 1689 as recorded by The National Archives and the UK government.
A Real and Ancient Constitution
Author / Creator: Sara Salyers
Media type: Academic Paper
Date published: 2022
The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland entirely overturns the long-standing picture of a desperate, illiterate Scottish peasantry groaning under the rule of despotic kings and nobles.
The Case of the Missing Constitution Or, You Have Been Conned, Pal
Author / Creator: Sara Salyers
Media type: Discussion Paper
Date published: 2022
The Claim of Right was a condition of the Treaty and the Union. In fact it was the pre-condition of the whole thing. It had been demanded by Scotland, agreed by Queen Anne and ratified by the parliaments of England and Scotland. It was a little thing known as a constitution, a set of principles explicitly described as being part of Scotland’s fundamental constitution and contained in the Scottish Claim of Right Act of 1689.
The Scottish Constitution from the Claim of Right
Author / Creator: The Estates of Scotland
Media type: Translation
Date published: 2022
The Scottish Constitution as derived from the Claim of Right Act 1689
The Treaty Bites Back A ‘ Forgotten’ Constitution, Scotland’s Claim of Right
Author / Creator: Sara Salyers
Media type: Discussion Paper
Date published: 2022
Westminster continues to pay lip service to the reality of Scottish sovereignty, while treating Scotland as subject to England’s constitutional parliamentary sovereignty, and hence dismissing Scotland as a distinct sovereign entity with its own constitutional rights.
The Declaration of the Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland containing the Claim of Right and the offer of the Croune to the King and Queen of England.
Author / Creator: Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland
Media type: Document
Date published: 1689
The document containing the Claim of Right/
The Claim of Right
Author / Creator: Sara Salyers
Media type: Discussion Paper
Date published: 2022
Scotland has a proud history of popular democracy, of human rights, of a code of justice and of a principle of equality.
Implications of varying mandate definitions for Indyref2 legitimacy at Westminster-level elections
Author / Creator: Mark Shephard
Media type: Discussion Paper
Date published: 2022
Mark Shephard, Senior Lecturer at the University of Strathclyde, examines the scenario of the SNP campaigning solely on the issue of independence in the next General Election
SALVO Reclaiming the Scottish Constitution
Author / Creator: Salvo
Media type: Web site
Date published: 2022-
The Scottish Claim of Right was never extinguished by the Treaty of Union; rather, the treaty was and remains conditional upon the continuance of the Claim of Right in Scotland.
The Treaty Bites Back
Author / Creator: Sara Salyers
Media type: Article
Date published: 2022
The Claim of Right Act of 1689 means that the Scottish people retain the right to prohibit government actions or legislation which compromise their civil rights and freedoms. This was incorporated in the Act of Union,1707.
Worth the wait? Reforming Intergovernmental Relations
Author / Creator: Nicola McEwen
Media type: Review
Date published:
The Joint Ministerial Committee system of devolution is no more, replaced by a three-tier system of intergovernmental forums.
Respect and Co-operation: Building a Stronger Union for the 21st century
Author / Creator: Select Committee on the Constitution
Media type: Report
Date published:
Strengthening the Union requires a sensitivity to the pluralism of the the UK. Intergovernmental structures are inadequate to ensure devolution and the Union can be maintained.
The Scottish Constitution
Author / Creator: Alan Page
Date published: 2020
Scotland does not have a written constitution for the devolved status of Scotland to protect its people from abuse of state power.
The Limits of Rights
Author / Creator: Craig Dalzel
Media type: News Media
Date published:
The limits of devolution should be pushed, but with a strategy of expanding powers, rather than oppportunistically.
Foundations for Freedom: Discussion Paper on the Process for Establishing an Independent Scotland's Constitution
Author / Creator: W. Elliott Bulmer
Media type: Discussion Paper
Date published: May 2018
A written Constitution is central to making the case for Independence and is the international norm. Proposals for developing one provisionally via a Constitutional Conference before next referendum are given.
Scottish Sovereignty Research Group
Author / Creator: Scottish Sovereignty Research Group
Media type: Web site
Date published: 2020 -
The objectives of the Scottish Sovereignty Research Group:
- Research means to become independent which will be legally recognized other than through a Westminster sanctioned referendum
- Continue to develop a written constitution.
- Hold a broad survey among Scots to determine what kind of country they would like to see
Foundations for Freedom: A discussion paper on the process for establishing an independent Scotland’s Constitution
Author / Creator: W. Elliot Bulmer
Media type: Discussion Paper
Date published: May 2018
A provisional constitution should be worked out by a Constitutional Convention before the next Referendum