https://sil2.e-infinitum.com/ en https://sil2.e-infinitum.com/legal-aspects-independence-england <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Legal aspects of independence from England</span> <div class="field field--name-field-related-questions field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Question Answered</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/15" hreflang="en">Can Scotland legally leave the UK?</a></div> </div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Tue, 10/26/2021 - 09:03</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Author or Creator</div> <div class="field__item">Stephen Richard</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The political union of Scotland and England is a treaty of 1707, which it may be possible to revoke.  The legal position can be argued and would be subject to court rulings, ultimately by the Supreme Court.  The recognition by England of a legally recognised and successful referendum is the most certain way that there will be international recognition of Scotland as an independent  nation.</p></div> Tue, 26 Oct 2021 08:03:50 +0000 Stephen Richard 50 at https://sil2.e-infinitum.com https://sil2.e-infinitum.com/busting-last-myths-around-independence-open-minds-independence-20 <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Busting the last of the myths around independence. Open Minds on Independence #20</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator</div> <div class="field__item">The National</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Sun, 10/10/2021 - 17:45</span> <div class="field field--name-field-additional-author-s-creato field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Additional Author(s) / Creators</div> <div class="field__item">Believe in Scotland</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-date-published field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Date Published</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2021-04-21T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">Wed, 04/21/2021 - 12:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Category</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/143" hreflang="en">Independence</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-type field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Type of Resource</div> <div class="field__item">News Media</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>This article looks at myths about Scottish independence.</p> <p><strong>MYTH 7: </strong>Nationalism is by its very nature a bad thing</p> <p><strong>MYTH 8: </strong>An independent Scotland would be last in the queue to join the EU</p> <p><strong>Myth 9: </strong>You can’t hold a referendum without Westminster’s “permission”</p> <p><strong>Myth 10: </strong>Independence for Scotland would abandon the rest of the UK to permanent Tory rule</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Resource Address (URL)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.thenational.scot/news/19246864.open-minds-independence-19-busting-last-myths-around-independence/">https://www.thenational.scot/news/19246864.open-minds-independence-19-busting-l…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/531" hreflang="en">Scottish nationalism</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/222" hreflang="en">European Union</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/526" hreflang="en">Independence referendum</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-related-questions field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Related Questions</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/23" hreflang="en">Can Scotland rejoin the EU?</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/38" hreflang="en">What constitutes a majority in a Scottish Referendum?</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/15" hreflang="en">Can Scotland legally leave the UK?</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Sun, 10 Oct 2021 16:45:10 +0000 Stephen Richard 386 at https://sil2.e-infinitum.com https://sil2.e-infinitum.com/scotland-secession-and-european-union <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Scotland, Secession, and the European Union</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator</div> <div class="field__item">Sionaidh Douglas-Scott</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Sun, 09/26/2021 - 07:37</span> <div class="field field--name-field-additional-author-s-creato field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Additional Author(s) / Creators</div> <div class="field__item">Queen Mary School of Law </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-date-published field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Date Published</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2019-01-16T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">Wed, 01/16/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Category</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/143" hreflang="en">Independence</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-type field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Type of Resource</div> <div class="field__item">Academic Paper</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-length field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Length (Pages, words, minutes etc...)</div> <div class="field__item">22pp</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>This paper discusses Scotland’s relationship with the EU in the context of two different secession events. The first concerns the question of an independent Scotland’s EU membership in the event of Scotland’s secession from the UK. The second discusses the position of Scotland in the context of a UK in-out referendum on EU membership. This chapter concludes that in neither case should Scotland be forced to leave the EU against its will.</p></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Queen Mary School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 301/2019</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Resource Address (URL)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3316715">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3316715</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/222" hreflang="en">European Union</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/335" hreflang="en">2014 independence referendum</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/276" hreflang="en">secession</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/501" hreflang="en">Brexit</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-related-questions field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Related Questions</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/15" hreflang="en">Can Scotland legally leave the UK?</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/23" hreflang="en">Can Scotland rejoin the EU?</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/50" hreflang="en">Does Scotland have the right to secede?</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Sun, 26 Sep 2021 06:37:33 +0000 Stephen Richard 428 at https://sil2.e-infinitum.com