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Douglas-Scott S ( 2025 ) . Nold and the Sources of EU Fundamental Rights . Hart Publishing
Douglas-Scott S ( 2024 ) . The European Communities Act 1972 . Leading Works in Public Law , Routledge
Douglas-Scott S ( 2023 ) . Brexit, Union, and Disunion . Cambridge University Press
Douglas-Scott S ( 2022 ) . A Second Scottish Referendum on Independence? . Political Insight vol. 13 , ( 4 ) 24 - 27 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2022 ) . Independence in the age of risk: Transitioning to Independence . A Better Nation: The Challenges of Scottish Independence , Luath Press
Douglas-Scott S ( 2021 ) . The European Union and Fundamental Rights . Oxford Principles Of European Union Law: The European Union Legal Order: Volume I , Oxford University Press
Douglas-Scott S ( 2021 ) . If Scots vote for independence, what would the constitutional road to sovereign statehood look like? . Scotland’s New Choice: independence after Brexit , Centre for Constitutional Change and Hunter Foundation
Douglas-Scott S ( 2020 ) . The Future of the United Kingdom after Brexit . The Law & Politics of Brexit: Volume II , Oxford University PressOxford
Douglas-Scott S ( 2020 ) . ‘The Challenges of Multi-Layered Constitutionalism’ . Foundations and Future of Public Law: essays in honour of Paul Craig , OUP ( Oxford ),
Douglas-Scott S ( 2019 ) . Brexit and the siren-like allure of sovereignty . On Brexit , Edward Elgar Publishing
Douglas-Scott S ( 2019 ) . EU human rights law and history: a tale of three narratives . History and International Law , Edward Elgar Publishing
Douglas-Scott S ( 2019 ) . THE FUTURE OF THE United Kingdom . EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES vol. 2019 , ( SPECIAL ISSUE ) 245 - 274 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2019 ) . Brexit, Boundaries and the Power of Images . Pólemos vol. 13 , ( 1 ) 63 - 89 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2019 ) . Borges’<i>Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote</i>and the Idea of a European Consensus . Building Consensus on European Consensus , Cambridge University Press
Douglas-Scott S ( 2019 ) . 'The Constitutional Implications of the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018: A Critical Appraisal’ .
DOUGLAS-SCOTT S ( 2019 ) . BREXIT, BOUNDARIES AND THE POWER OF IMAGES . Polemos vol. 1 , ( 1 )
Douglas-Scott S, Hatzis N ( 2019 ) . Research Handbook on EU Law and Human Rights . Elgar
Douglas-Scott S ( 2019 ) . The common foreign and security policy of the eu: Reinforcing the european identity? . Europe S Other European Law Between Modernity and Post Modernity ,
Douglas-Scott S ( 2018 ) . Britain and the European Union: Federalism and Differentiation . United Kingdom and the Federal Idea ,
Douglas-Scott S ( 2017 ) . Brexit and the Scottish Question . Oxford University Press
Douglas-Scott S ( 2017 ) . The EU’s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: A Lack of Fundamental Rights, Mutual Trust and Democracy? . Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies vol. 11 , 53 - 85 .
Douglas-Scott S, Hatzis N, Douglas-Scott S ( 2017 ) . Chapter 23: EU law and social rights . Research Handbook on EU Law and Human Rights , Edward Elgar Publishing
O’Neill A ( 2017 ) . EU fundamental rights in a devolved United Kingdom . Research Handbook on EU Law and Human Rights , Edward Elgar Publishing
Douglas-Scott S, Hatzis N ( 2017 ) . EU law and social rights . Research Handbook on EU Law and Human Rights , Edward Elgar Publishing
Cartabia M, Ninatti S ( 2017 ) . Fundamental rights in the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights . Research Handbook on EU Law and Human Rights , Edward Elgar Publishing
Douglas-Scott S, Hatzis N, Douglas-Scott S ( 2017 ) . Introduction . Research Handbook on EU Law and Human Rights , Edward Elgar Publishing
( 2017 ) . Research Handbook on EU Law and Human Rights . Edward Elgar Publishing
( 2017 ) . Table of cases . Research Handbook on EU Law and Human Rights , Edward Elgar Publishing
( 2017 ) . Table of legislation . Research Handbook on EU Law and Human Rights , Edward Elgar Publishing
Bardutzky S, Fahey E, Douglas-Scott S ( 2017 ) . Chapter 6: Subjects and objects of EU human rights law . Framing the Subjects and Objects of Contemporary EU Law , Edward Elgar Publishing
Douglas-Scott S ( 2017 ) . Subjects and objects of EU human rights law . Framing the Subjects and Objects of Contemporary EU Law , Edward Elgar Publishing
DOUGLAS-SCOTT S ( 2017 ) . Human Rights as a Basis for Justice in the EU . Transnational Legal Theory
DOUGLAS-SCOTT S ( 2017 ) . Human Rights sa a basis for Justice in the EU . Transnational Legal Theory
Douglas-Scott S ( 2017 ) . Human rights as a basis for justice in the European Union . Transnational Legal Theory vol. 8 , ( 1 ) 59 - 78 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2017 ) . Popular Sovereignty vs Parliamentary Sovereignty . Constitution in Crisis the New Putney Debates ,
Douglas-Scott S ( 2016 ) . ‘Am Rande der Verfassungskrise? Die Rechtliche Grundlage des Brexit' (‘A British Exit from the European Union and the Article 50 process,’ ) . Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte24 - 36 .
Douglas‐Scott S ( 2016 ) . Brexit, Article 50 and the Contested British Constitution . The Modern Law Review vol. 79 , ( 6 ) 1019 - 1040 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2016 ) . Scotland, Secession, and the European Union . The Scottish Independence Referendum , Oxford University Press
( 2016 ) . Brave New World? The Challenges of Transnational Law and Legal Pluralism to Contemporary Legal Theory . Law, Society and Community , Routledge
Douglas‐Scott S ( 2016 ) . The European Union and Human Rights . Wiley
Douglas-Scott S ( 2016 ) . Legal Theory and Legal History: Which Legal Theory? . Law in Theory and History New Essays on A Neglected Dialogue ,
Douglas-Scott S ( 2016 ) . ‘Autonomy and Fundamental Rights: The ECJ’s Opinion 2/13 on Accession of the EU to the ECHR’ . Swedish European Law Journal vol. special edition (201 ,
Douglas-Scott S ( 2015 ) . Law, Justice and the Pervasive Power of the Image . NAVEIÑ REET: Nordic Journal of Law and Social Research ( 6 ) 17 - 34 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2015 ) . Book Review: <i>Fundamental Rights in Europe. Challenges and Transformations in Comparative Perspective</i> , by Federico Fabbrini. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014) . Common Market Law Review vol. 52 , ( Issue 5 ) 1413 - 1415 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2015 ) . The EU’s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: A Lack of Fundamental Rights, Mutual Trust and Democracy? . Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies vol. 11 , 53 - 85 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2015 ) . Affirmative Action at the University of Michigan . King's Law Journal vol. 14 , ( 2 ) 245 - 254 .
Scott SD ( 2015 ) . Constituting Europe: In Defence of Public Reason . King's Law Journal vol. 12 , ( 1 ) 75 - 99 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2015 ) . Fundamental Rights in Europe. Challenges and Transformations in Comparative Perspective . COMMON MARKET LAW REVIEW vol. 52 , ( 5 ) 1413 - 1415 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2015 ) . Fundamental Rights, Not Euroscepticism: Why the UK Should Embrace the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights . Uk and European Human Rights A Strained Relationship ,
Douglas-Scott S ( 2015 ) . Justice, Injustice and the Rule of Law in the EU . Europes Justice Deficit ,
Douglas-Scott S ( 2015 ) . The Relationship Between the EU and the ECHR Five Years on from the Treaty of Lisbon . vol. 20 ,
Douglas-Scott S ( 2015 ) . ‘F. Fabbrini: Fundamental Rights in Europe’ . Common Market Law Review
Douglas-Scott S ( 2015 ) . ‘Human Rights as a basis for Justice in the European Union’ . no. 4 ,
Douglas-Scott S ( 2014 ) . Rethinking justice for the EU . Transnational Law , Cambridge University Press
Douglas-Scott S ( 2014 ) . Brave new world? the challenges of transnational law and legal pluralism to contemporary legal theory . Law Society and Community Socio Legal Essays in Honour of Roger Cotterrell ,
Douglas-Scott S ( 2014 ) . ‘How Easily could an independent Scotland join the EU? . no. 46/2014 ,
Douglas-Scott S ( 2013 ) . Book Review: <i>The Evolution of the European Convention on Human Rights – From Its Inception to the Creation of a Permanent Court of Human Rights.</i>, by Ed Bates. (Oxford: Oxford University Pr . Common Market Law Review vol. 50 , ( Issue 2 ) 649 - 651 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2013 ) . A UK Exit from the EU: The End of the United Kingdom or a New Constitutional Dawn? . pp. 215 - 227 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2013 ) . Law after Modernity .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2013 ) . My Notable Works: Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex and Gustave Klimt’s Jurisprudentia . Bodleian Library Oxford, 2013
Douglas-Scott S ( 2013 ) . The Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights after Lisbon . Protection of Fundamental Rights in the Eu After Lisbon ,
Douglas-Scott S ( 2013 ) . The Evolution of the European Convention on Human Rights - From Its Inception to the Creation of a Permanent Court of Human Rights . COMMON MARKET LAW REVIEW vol. 50 , ( 2 ) 649 - 651 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2012 ) . Justice and Pluralism in the EU . Current Legal Problems vol. 65 , ( 1 ) 83 - 118 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2012 ) . The Problem of Justice in the European Union . Philosophical Foundations of European Union Law , Oxford University Press
Douglas-Scott S ( 2012 ) . EU Accession to the ECHR, Review of Z. Luca, ‘EU Accession to the ECHR — The Commission Proposal for Negotiating Directives’, 17 <i>MJ</i> 2 (2010), p. 206–209 . Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law vol. 19 , ( 3 ) 348 - 351 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2011 ) . The European Union and Human Rights after the Treaty of Lisbon . Human Rights Law Review vol. 11 , ( 4 ) 645 - 682 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2011 ) . <b>Karen Alter, THE EUROPEAN COURT'S POLITICAL POWER: SELECTED ESSAYS</b> Oxford: Oxford University Press (<i>www.oup.com</i> ), 2009. xxviii + 332 pp. ISBN 9780199558353. £40 . Edinburgh Law Review vol. 15 , ( 2 ) 332 - 334 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2011 ) . Freedom, Security, and Justice in the European Court of Justice: The Ambiguous Nature of Judicial Review . The Legal Protection of Human Rights , Oxford University PressOxford
Yang S-H ( 2011 ) . Introduction . Advances in Industrial Control , Springer London
Douglas-Scott S ( 2011 ) . 'Human Rights in the European Legal Space - utopia, dystopia, monotopia or polytopia?' . Europe's Constitutional Mosaic , Hart Publishing
Douglas-Scott S ( 2011 ) . Europe’s Constitutional Mosaic: Human Rights in the European Legal Space – Utopia, Dystopia, Monotopia or Polytopia? . Europe S Constitutional Mosaic ,
Douglas-Scott S ( 2007 ) . 'Fundamental Rights in EU Justice and Home Affairs' . EU Current Law
Douglas-Scott S ( 2007 ) . Book Review: <i>European Union Law: Text and Materials</i>, by Damian Chalmers, Christos Hadjiemmanuil, Giorgio Monti, and Adam Tomkins. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 2006) . European Public Law vol. 13 , ( Issue 4 ) 709 - 712 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2007 ) . 'Damian Chalmers, Christos Hadjiemmanuil, Giorgio Monti & Adam Tomkins: . European Union Law ' . European Public Law
Douglas-Scott S ( 2007 ) . 'Human Rights and the Rule of Law in the EU' . Fundamental Rights and Justice and Home Affairs , JUSTICE Publications
Douglas-Scott S ( 2007 ) . The Law and Custom of a New Parliament: The European Parliament . Constitutionalism and the Role of Parliaments ,
Douglas-Scott S ( 2006 ) . A tale of two courts: Luxembourg, Strasbourg and the growing European human rights <i>acquis</i> . Common Market Law Review vol. 43 , ( Issue 3 ) 629 - 665 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2006 ) . <i>Bosphorus Hava Yollari Turizm Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi</i> v. <i>Ireland</i> . Common Market Law Review vol. 43 , ( Issue 1 ) 243 - 254 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2006 ) . Tale of two courts:: Luxembourg, Strasbourg and the growing European human rights <i>Acquis</i> . COMMON MARKET LAW REVIEW vol. 43 , ( 3 ) 629 - 665 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2004 ) . ‘The Rule of Law in the European Union - putting the security into the EU’s Area of Freedom Security and Justice ' . European Law Review
Douglas-Scott S ( 2003 ) . 'The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights ' . Legal Issues of the Treaty of Nice , Hart
Douglas-Scott S ( 2003 ) . 'The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights as a constitutional document ' . European Human Rights Law Review37 - 50 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 2003 ) . The impact of the proposed EU Constitution on the UK 2003 . London: the Stationery Office: HL Paper 168, Session 2002–03 ( London ),
Douglas-Scott S ( 2003 ) . ‘J Wakefield, Judicial Protection through the use of Article 288(2)’ . European Law Review
Douglas-Scott S ( 2002 ) . Constitutional Law of the European Union . Pearson Education
Douglas-Scott S ( 2001 ) . ‘A Constitution For Europe’ . no. 11/2001 ,
Douglas-Scott S ( 2000 ) . Constitutional and Institutional Law of the European Union Study Guide . University of London
Douglas-Scott S, Tadros V, Oliver P ( 2000 ) . Faith in Law . Hart
Douglas-Scott S, Oliver P, Tadros V ( 2000 ) . ‘Introduction to Faith in Law: Essays in Legal Theory' . Faith in Law , Hart
Douglas-Scott S ( 1999 ) . 'The Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU' . Faculty of Law University of Uppsala/King's College London academic colloquium , Justus Forlag
Douglas-Scott S ( 1999 ) . 'The Hatefulness of Protected Speech: a comparison of the European and American Approaches' . William & Mary Bill of Rights Review305 - 346 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 1998 ) . Psychoanalysis, speech acts and the language of “free speech” . Res Publica vol. 4 , ( 1 ) 29 - 50 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 1998 ) . Environmental Rights in the European Union-Participatory Democracy or Democratic Deficit? . Human Rights Approaches to Environmental Protection , Oxford University PressOxford
Douglas-Scott S ( 1998 ) . 'Reinforcing the European Identity: the Common Foreign Policy of the EU ' . Europe's Other , Ashgate: Dartmouth
Douglas-Scott S ( 1998 ) . In Search of Union Citizenship . Yearbook of European Law vol. 18 , ( 1 ) 29 - 65 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 1997 ) . 'Affirmative action in the US Supreme Court ' . Public Law43 - 54 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 1997 ) . 'Ruling out Affirmative Action' . New Law Journal
Cambouropoulos E, Nelson P, Smaill A, Wiggins G ( 1996 ) . Introduction . vol. 25 , Informa UK Limited
Douglas-Scott S ( 1996 ) . 'Environmental Rights - Taking the Environment Seriously' . Understanding Human Rights , Mansell
DOUGLAS-SCOTT S ( 1996 ) . Book Reviews . Mind vol. 105 , ( 417 ) 196 - 198 .
Douglas-Scott S, Kimbell J ( 1996 ) . ‘The Adams Exclusion Order case - new enforceable Civil Rights in the post-Maastricht European Union' . Public Law516 - 525 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 1996 ) . ‘W. Waluchow: Inclusive Legal Positivism' . Mind: a quarterly review of philosophy
Douglas-Scott S ( 1994 ) . 'The Konstantinidis case . King's College Law Journal
Douglas-Scott S ( 1994 ) . 'What's in a name: EC Law and human rights' . King's College Law Journal
Douglas-Scott S ( 1994 ) . BOOK REVIEWS . Medical Law Review vol. 2 , ( 2 ) 255 - 260 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 1994 ) . ‘R Dworkin,: Life's Dominion' . Medical Law Review
Douglas-Scott S ( 1993 ) . 'Europe's Future' . Maitres
Douglas-Scott S ( 1993 ) . 'Sunday Trading and EC Law ' . King's College Law journal
DOUGLAS-SCOTT S ( 1993 ) . Book Reviews . Mind vol. 102 , ( 408 ) 655 - 658 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 1993 ) . ‘Julie Inness, Privacy, Intimacy, Isolation’, . Mind: a quarterly review of philosophy
Douglas-Scott S ( 1992 ) . 'The Francovich case ' . King's College Law Journal
Douglas-Scott S ( 1992 ) . Review of Legal Issues of European Integration . Journal of Common Market Studies
Douglas-Scott S, Dine J, Persaud I ( 1991 ) . 'Judicial review in the European Court of Justice' . Procedure and the European Court , Law Chancery
Douglas-Scott S ( 1991 ) . 'The Factortame case: Fishing in Troubled Waters' . King's College Law journal7 - 23 .
Douglas-Scott S ( 1991 ) . Conflict of Laws . Charlesworth's Business Law , Sweet and Maxwell
Dine J, Douglas-Scott S, Persaud I ( 1991 ) . Procedure and the European Court . Law Chancery
Douglas-Scott S . 'Fundamental Rights and the Union’ . Oxford Principles of European Union Law - Volume I: The European Union Legal Order , Oxford University Press
. BEYOND THE EUROPEAN UNION . Edward Elgar Publishing
Douglas-Scott S . Brexit and the Future of the United Kingdom . SSRN Electronic Journal
. EU ACTION AND NEW DIRECTIONS IN FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS . Edward Elgar Publishing
Douglas-Scott S . How Easily Could an Independent Scotland Join the EU? .
. THE FRAMEWORK . Edward Elgar Publishing
Douglas-Scott S . The United Kingdom: Lurching toward Illiberal Constitutionalism in 3 Episodes .