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Professor Aileen Mcharg's Outputs (44)

Brexit and its Implications for Democratic Governance in the United Kingdom (2024)
Book Chapter
Mcharg, A. (in press). Brexit and its Implications for Democratic Governance in the United Kingdom. In Research Handbook on Law and Democracy. Edward Elgar Publishing

This chapter explores the implications of withdrawal from the European Union (Brexit) on 31 January 2020 for democratic governance in the United Kingdom. Following an unexpected vote to leave the European Union in the June 2016 referendum, the lengt... Read More about Brexit and its Implications for Democratic Governance in the United Kingdom.

Beyond Freedom of Information Legislation: Navigating Access to Government Data for Independent Research in the UK (2023)
Journal Article
Aidinlis, S. (2023). Beyond Freedom of Information Legislation: Navigating Access to Government Data for Independent Research in the UK. Public Law,

Freedom of information (FOI) legislation has been a significant pillar of democratic public discourse in the UK by enabling independent researchers to hold the government of the day accountable and scrutinise its actions in an evidence-based manner.... Read More about Beyond Freedom of Information Legislation: Navigating Access to Government Data for Independent Research in the UK.

Giving Substance to Sovereignty: Parliamentary Sovereignty and Parliamentary Effectiveness (2021)
Book Chapter
McHarg, A. (2021). Giving Substance to Sovereignty: Parliamentary Sovereignty and Parliamentary Effectiveness. In B. Dickson, & C. McCormick (Eds.), The Judicial Mind: A Festschrift for Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore. Bloomsbury

In its celebrated prorogation judgment, the Supreme Court made novel and controversial use of the principle of parliamentary sovereignty to hold that Parliament could not lawfully be impeded in the exercise of its legislative function without reasona... Read More about Giving Substance to Sovereignty: Parliamentary Sovereignty and Parliamentary Effectiveness.

Litigating Brexit (2021)
Book Chapter
McCorkindale, C., & McHarg, A. (2021). Litigating Brexit. In O. Doyle, A. McHarg, & J. E. K. Murkens (Eds.), The Brexit Challenge for Ireland and the United Kingdom: Constitutions Under Pressure (260-291). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108966399.014

The Brexit process has been characterised by hyper-litigation – an unprecedented level of strategic litigation brought to influence the process, substance and/or the politics of the UK’s departure from the European Union. Although strategic litigatio... Read More about Litigating Brexit.

Constitutional Pathways to a Second Independence Referendum (2021)
Book Chapter
McCorkindale, C., & McHarg, A. (2021). Constitutional Pathways to a Second Independence Referendum. In E. Hepburn, M. Keating, & N. McEwen (Eds.), Scotland's New Choice: Independence After Brexit. Centre on Constitutional Change