ID Card Debate
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EU Family Proposals Not Helpful
Pauline McNeill MSP reflects on a recent inquiry into European Union proposals in the fields of divorce and succession and wills
Sewel Reform at Holyrood: Balancing the Political and the Procedural
Barry K Winetrobe considers the recent Procedures Committee report
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Credit Union, an International Model of Social Inclusion
John Hume, former leader of the SDLP and Nobel Peace Prize winner, gave the inaugural Bert Mullen lecture at Glasgow University to mark International Credit Union Day
Legislation
Continuing the SCOLAG update of relevant legislation last appearing at 2005 SCOLAG 221
Child Law
In this update Alison Cleland of University of Strathclyde considers a wide variety of issues. A sheriff refuses a father’s application for contact with a child on the basis of the father’s violent character, while another sheriff grants a specific issue order that a child be known by the father’s surname, to remind the mother that the father should be involved in the child’s life. Expenses are awarded against a defender whose attitude that he had a right to the child had, in the view of the court, caused the litigation to be prolonged. A sheriff principal’s decision confirms that a child with special needs may be excluded from school. And in relation to child’s views in matters affecting them, a sheriff principal concludes that there is no need for a child to be consulted on more than one occasion. 2005.
Immigration Law
Alan Caskie continues his review of significant court cases from Scotland and England in the field of Asylum, Immigration & Nationality Law Update last appearing at 2005 SCOLAG 178. Alan is an Immigration Judge and writes in a personal capacity.
Jean McFadden reviews:
Devolution, Law Making and the Constitution
Robert Hazell & Richard Rawlings (eds.)
£35.00, Imprint Academic, 2005
Hilary Patrick reviews:
Mental Health and Scots Law in Practice
Jim McManus & Lindsay Thomson
£60.00, W Green, 2005Duncan Spiers reviews:
Crimes of Hate: selected readings
Phyllis Gerstenfeld and Diana Grant (eds.)
£33.00 & £69.00, Sage Publications, 2004.Maria O’Neill reviews:
Who’s Afraid of a European Constitution?
Neil MacCormick
£8.95, Imprint Academic, 2005
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