ABSTRACT
In 1989, a Scottish Constitutional Convention was set up, following the publication of A Claim of Right for Scotland by the Campaign for a Scottish Assembly. It was argued that the people of Scotland had the right to govern themselves, and that the conventional doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty, as understood south of the border, had no basis in Scottish political thought. In Scotland, the preferred view is that the people, not parliament, are sovereign. The final report of the Convention, Scotland’s Parliament, Scotland’s Right was published in November 1995.
