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The Role of Concordats in the New Governance of Britain: Taking Subsidiarity Seriously? ¹

Andrew Scott ^*

• Synopsis
• A. Introduction
• B. The Concordats
  • (1) The Need for Concordats
  • (2) The Structure of the Concordats
• C. The Concordats: A Critique
  • (1) Concordats and Legitimacy
  • (2) Concordats and Accountability
• D. Concordats and Regionalism: Taking Subsidiarity Seriously?
• E. Conclusions

*Jean Monnet Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Edinburgh

1 This article draws on research being conducted within an ESRC supported project on 'Devolution and European Policy-Making in Britain' (ESRC Award no. L327253024). The author thanks his co-researchers - Caitriona Carter, Simon Bulmer, Patricia Hogwood and Martin Burch - for very helpful comments on earlier drafts of this paper. This ariticle will appear in the Edinburgh Law Review, Volume 5, No.1 (2001).

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