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64 Drake L. Rev. Discourse 101 (2015)

handle is hein.journals/dralours5 and id is 1 raw text is: SCOTLAND: AN EXAMPLE OF CONSTITUTIONALISM Michael P. Clancy* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction .............................................................................................101 II. Early Development..................................................................................101 III. Anglo-Norman Influences .......................................................................102 IV. The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries ...............................................103 V. The Eighteenth Century...........................................................................104 VI. The Scottish Enlightenment.....................................................................105 VII. The Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Centuries ......................................106 VIII. Resurgent Nationalism ............................................................................107 IX. Devolution ...............................................................................................108 X. There Shall Be a Scottish Parliament ......................................................108 XI. The Proposals for the Referendum on Scottish Independence ................110 XII. The Referendum Campaign.....................................................................112 XIII. Post-Referendum Projects .......................................................................114 XIV. Issues Regarding the Further Devolution Proposals Since the Referendum .............................................................................................114 XV. Conclusion...............................................................................................116 I. INTRODUCTION This Article covers the development of Scotland as a distinct jurisdiction in the United Kingdom and examines the current proposals for the creation of an independent Scottish state. II. EARLY DEVELOPMENT Scots first came to Scotland from Ireland1 and introduced elements of Celtic * Director of Law Reform, Law Society of Scotland; OBE, LL.B., LL.M., (Glasgow); LL.B., (London). httl://www.lawscot.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/senior-manaement- team/michael-clancy/. The views in this article are the authors own and do not reflect the views of the Law Society of Scotland. 1. See Scottish History, SCOTLAND.ORG, http://www.scotland.org/about- 101