Brexit et souveraineté. Une mise en perspective juridique

“Sovereignty” was undoubtedly the most widely manipulated word during the Brexit campaign, but this concept is very difficult to grasp. The legal point of view is a good place to start in order to explain its paradoxes and ambiguities. This paper aims, firstly, to explain the links between sovereign...

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Main Author: Aurélien Antoine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique 2022-06-01
Series:Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/9108
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description “Sovereignty” was undoubtedly the most widely manipulated word during the Brexit campaign, but this concept is very difficult to grasp. The legal point of view is a good place to start in order to explain its paradoxes and ambiguities. This paper aims, firstly, to explain the links between sovereignty and the exercise of powers by the State powers which had been, according to the Brexiters’ opinion, confiscated by the European Union. A second legal problem, a more specifically British one, is then analysed: the compatibility between the referendum and Parliamentary sovereignty. Finally, this paper confronts the legal conception of sovereignty presented in the first two points with a more concrete approach to sovereignty which takes into account the globalization of law and economic interdependence between nations.
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Brexit et souveraineté. Une mise en perspective juridique
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
referendum
sovereignty
European Union
Brexit
Parliamentary sovereignty
constitutional law
title Brexit et souveraineté. Une mise en perspective juridique
title_full Brexit et souveraineté. Une mise en perspective juridique
title_fullStr Brexit et souveraineté. Une mise en perspective juridique
title_full_unstemmed Brexit et souveraineté. Une mise en perspective juridique
title_short Brexit et souveraineté. Une mise en perspective juridique
title_sort brexit et souverainete une mise en perspective juridique
topic referendum
sovereignty
European Union
Brexit
Parliamentary sovereignty
constitutional law
url https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/9108
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