Reference : Notes on the ECHR and the Disunited Kingdom 'After' Brexit - In Memoriam Scott Crosby
Scientific journals : Article
Law, criminology & political science : European & international law
Law / European Law
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/44687
Notes on the ECHR and the Disunited Kingdom 'After' Brexit - In Memoriam Scott Crosby
English
Robinson, Gavin mailto [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Department of Law (DL) >]
7-Dec-2020
New Journal of European Criminal Law
Intersentia
Yes (verified by ORBilu)
2032-2844
Mortsel
Belgium
[en] Brexit ; Human rights ; ECHR
[en] When the idea of this special edition occurred to the team behind the New Journal of European Criminal Law, my first thought was to go back through all of Scott Crosby’s contributions in print as editor-in-chief and see whether a mini-retrospective on the themes and views therein would be worthy of inclusion here – by Scott’s own standards. These notes focus on what gradually became the single biggest concern expressed in Scott’s editorials: the perilous position of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in a post-Brexit UK – in concreto, the prospect of what he labelled ‘Brexit plus’: a British exit from the ECHR system. I begin with Scott’s views on the European Union (EU) Referendum and the Brexit process. Next comes the great uncertainty currently surrounding the future of Convention rights in the United Kingdom, set against the emphasis placed by the editorials on the instrumental role of the ECHR in fostering peace across the whole of Europe, within and beyond the territory of the EU. In the event that Brexit plus should materialise, writing in the wake of polls showing all-time record support in Scotland for secession from the United Kingdom I close by asking whether Scotland might be able to ‘leave a light on for Strasbourg’.
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/44687
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2032284420976938

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