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Twenty Years of Imprisonment
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As part of the programme to mark 20 years of the Scottish Parliament, this blog looks at the use of imprisonment since devolution.
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Moving on: is Serco’s lock-changing policy legal?
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This blog looks at a recent Court of Session case on whether it is legal to change the locks of asylum seekers when their asylum…
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Parliament has not been prorogued – the Supreme Court judgment
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This blog looks at the reasons for the UK Supreme Court deciding that the prorogation of the UK Parliament was “unlawful, null and of no…
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The Court of Session’s decision that proroguing Parliament was unlawful
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This blog looks at the reasons given by the Court of Session for deciding that the current prorogation of the UK Parliament is unlawful. The…
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Does your face fit?
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This post looks at the need to balance the use of biometrics in tackling crime whilst also protecting the privacy and human rights of individuals.
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Brexit and devolved competition powers
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A look at how Brexit might affect the Scottish Government’s newly devolved competition powers.
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Home Reports – what are they and what might change?
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A look at the background to Home Reports and some of the main enquiries SPICe receives about them.
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Until death parts us – the Scottish Government’s attempts to reform inheritance law
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Civil law (sometimes simply referred to as ‘not criminal law’) is recognised as the geekier end of the Scottish Government’s Justice portfolio. It doesn’t grab…
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What would happen to citizens’ rights in a no deal Brexit?
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EU free movement law gives EU citizens the right to live, work and study in other Member States. One of the big Brexit questions is…
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In the balance – 20 years of debt policy at the Scottish Parliament
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As part of the programme to mark 20 years since the creation of the Scottish Parliament, SPICe will publish twenty “20 year” blog posts on…
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Prisoner voting – the Scottish Government consults on options for change
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On 14 December 2018, the Scottish Government published a consultation with options for giving prisoners the right to vote in local government and Scottish Parliament…
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Brexit: European Court of Justice ruling on the Article 50 process
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The Wightman case was brought by a cross-party group of Scottish politicians, backed by the Good Law Project. The petitioners wished to get legal certainty…
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