THE SCOTTISH CONTEXT

A viable and acceptable Constitution must ‘fit’ the country for which it is intended.¹ This means it must be ‘rooted in a country’s historical experience’, ‘reflect values commonly held or respected by the people’ and ‘address current problems confronting the state’.² In other words, in addition to...

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Published inConstituting Scotland p. 54
Main Author Bulmer, W. Elliot
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom Edinburgh University Press 30.07.2016
Subjects
Applied sociology
Armed conflict
Behavioral sciences
Christianity
Cultural identity
Democracy
Government
Group identity
Ideology
Liberalism
Military science
National identity
Party system
Political identity
Political ideologies
Political organizations
Political parties
Political philosophy
Political regimes
Political science
Political systems
Protestantism
Psychology
Religion
Scottish Studies
Sectarian violence
Sectarianism
Social Democracy
Social psychology
Sociology
Sociology of religion
Spiritual belief systems
Territorial Politics
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Summary:A viable and acceptable Constitution must ‘fit’ the country for which it is intended.¹ This means it must be ‘rooted in a country’s historical experience’, ‘reflect values commonly held or respected by the people’ and ‘address current problems confronting the state’.² In other words, in addition to conforming to universal standards of contemporary liberal democratic constitutionalism (discussed in the final section of the previous chapter), it must also reflect ‘parochial’ needs that derive from the specific constitutional requirements of the country for which it is intended.³ These particular needs can be embodied in the substantive provisions of a Constitution which
ISBN:9780748697595
0748697594
DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9780748697595.003.0003