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April 22, 2026Oxford Journal of Legal StudiesOpen Access

Devolution after Empire

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ESEwan Smith

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This article examines the UK's constitutional structure and its imperial roots, suggesting ongoing complexities with subsidiarity.

Key Points

  • The aim is to explore whether the UK can still be classified as a unitary state due to its imperial history and current relationships among its regions.
  • Analysis of the UK's constitutional framework and historical context
  • Examination of the principles of subsidiarity within the empire and current governance
  • Discussion on the implications of multiple constitutional orders
  • Findings suggest the UK retains aspects of an empire with distinct regional relationships
  • The concept of sovereignty remains complicated with overlapping constitutional orders
  • The ability of current structures to address regional issues of subsidiarity is questioned.

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Ewan Smith (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e865476e0dea528dde9d08https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqag010
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