The Scottish coalition agreement

Authors

  • Philip Goldenberg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14296/ac.v1999i20.1445

Keywords:

Constitutional law, Coalition government, Scotland, Scotland – Parliament

Abstract

The first Scottish parliamentary elections in May 1999 were followed by a landmark coalition agreement between the Scottish Labour Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats. The author, Philip Goldenberg, was involved in the drafting of wording on which Part III of the agreement was based and here analyses the significance of the Partnership Executive. Article by Philip Goldenberg (Partner in City Solicitors S.J. Berwin & Co, specialising in company law). Published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.

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Issue 20 (1999)

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