Law Making and the Scottish Parliament

Law Making and The Scottish Parliament: The Early Years is the first wide-ranging critical analysis of legislative developments in those areas of law and policy devolved to the Scottish Parliament under the devolution settlement. It begins with a brief account of the devolution settlement and summarises the themes emerging from the subsequent chapters. Thereafter, sixteen themed chapters, each dedicated to a discrete area of the law and written by an acknowledged expert in the field, provide critical evaluation of the Scottish Parliament’s contribution, highlighting what it has achieved, what it has failed to do and what might be done in the future. In a single volume, Law Making and The Scottish Parliament: The Early Years provides a scholarly evaluation of a number of key legislative achievements of Scotland’s devolved parliament in its first decade. It will appeal to legal and other scholars and students, lawyers and anyone with an interest in Scottish politics, policy-making and law.

Author Biography

Elaine E. Sutherland is Professor of Child & Family Law at the University of Stirling. She began her academic career in law at the University of Edinburgh, later moving to the University of Glasgow. She joined the Law School at Stirling University in 2006 as Professor of Child and Family Law and has been a Professor of Law at Lewis and Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon since 1999. She has written extensively on child and family law in Scotland and abroad. Kay Goodall is Reader in Law at Stirling Law School. She came to Stirling from the University of Glasgow in 2007, having taught at Glasgow since 1998. Her research focuses on conceptualising discrimination in criminal and civil law. Kay Goodall is Reader in Law at Stirling Law School. She came to Stirling from the University of Glasgow in 2007, having taught at Glasgow since 1998. Her research focuses on conceptualising discrimination in criminal and civil law. Gavin Little is Head of Division of Law and Philosophy and Head of the Stirling Law School, and Professor of Public Law at the University of Stirling. He is an editor and contributing author to Law Making and the Scottish Parliament: The Early Years, E, Sutherland, K Goodall, G Little and F Davidson (eds), Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2011.

From the APF
Professor Little’s main areas of interest are environmental law and regulation; public law; perspectives on legal scholarship; and legal history. His approach is broadly socio-legal, and he has a particular interest in exploring law in cross-disciplinary contexts. A key theme in his work is the integration of legal/regulatory analysis with politics, public administration, science, history, and culture, and he has published in these areas in journals such as the Modern Law Review, the Journal of Law and Society and Legal Studies.

Fraser Davidson joined Stirling Law School in 2005 having previously been Head of the School of Law and Alexander Stone Professor of Commercial Law in the University of Glasgow. Fraser Davidson joined Stirling Law School in 2005 having previously been Head of the School of Law and Alexander Stone Professor of Commercial Law in the University of Glasgow.