Invincible or Just a Flesh Wound?: The Holy Grail of Scots Law

Hector MacQueen

doi:10.1017/S1472669614000048

Invincible or Just a Flesh Wound? The Holy Grail of Scots Law

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This paper, by Hector MacQueen, assesses the current state of Scots law and the Scottish legal system, arguing that as a small legal system which cannot be self-contained it is inevitably in a state of crisis, from which, however, it will not be rescued by Scotland becoming independent. Whatever happens after the referendum concerning Scottish Independence on 18 September 2014, the law is in need of active legislative reform, possibly codification, while the courts must become more positive in the attraction of business rather than, as it sometimes seems, seeking to push it away. Mere defence of the status quo will end in disablement and defeat.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2-14
Journal	Legal Information Management
Volume	14
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1472669614000048
Publication status	Published - 2014

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constitutional law
legal systems
independence
Scots law
Scotland

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© MacQueen, H. (2014). Invincible or Just a Flesh Wound?: The Holy Grail of Scots Law. Legal Information Management: Journal of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians, 14(1), 2-14. 10.1017/S1472669614000048
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Invincible or Just a Flesh Wound? The Holy Grail of Scots Law
MacQueen, H., 26 Mar 2014, University of Edinburgh, School of Law, Working Papers, 22 p. (Edinburgh Law School Working Papers Series; no. 2014/12).
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44th Annual Conference of the in British and Irish Association of Law Librarians
MacQueen, H. (Speaker)
13 Jun 2013
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British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) Annual Conference
MacQueen, H. (Keynote/plenary speaker)
13 Jun 2013
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