Sovereignty and the Law

Richard Rawlings is Professor of Public Law, University College London. Honorary Bencher at Middle Temple, Professor Rawlings was Legal Adviser to the House of Lords Constitution Committee 2009-2013Peter Leyland is Professor of Public Law at London Metropolitan University. Honorary Fellow of Middle Temple, Professor Leyland is Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies and a visiting professor of public law at SPISA, University of Bologna, LUISS University Rome, Bocconi University Milan, the University of Viena, NIDA and the Council of State in Bangkok. Alison Young is a Tutor and Fellow in Law at Hertford College and a Lecturer in Law at the University of Oxford

• 1. Introduction: Sovereignty in Question ; 2. Sovereignty Frames and Sovereignty Claims ; 3. Why Sovereignty? ; 4. Parliamentary Sovereignty and Constitutional Change in the United Kingdom ; 5. Parliamentary Sovereignty Re-defined ; 6. Is the Rule of Law now the Sovereign Principle? ; 7. Changing the UK Constitution: The Blind Sovereign ; 8. "A sort of Farewell": Sovereignty, Transition and Devolution in the UK ; 9. Referendums, Popular Sovereignty and the Territorial Constitution ; 10. The UK, the EU and Sovereignty ; 11. European Restatements of Sovereignty ; 12. Sovereignties in Strasbourg ; 13. Sovereignty, Constitutional Dialogues and Political Networks: A Comparative and Conceptual Study ; 14. Sovereignty in Question: A View from the International Bench ; 15. Territorial Sovereignty and Territorial Extension in an Inter-Connected World ; 16. Sovereignty and Private Corporate Power: the Case of Multinational Enterprises ; 17. Sovereignty and Liberty in the Internet Era