Brexit reading list: legal and constitutional issues
The Commons Library has compiled, from a wide range of sources, a selection of analysis and comment relevant to the UK's forthcoming withdrawal from the European Union.
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Briefing
In the referendum on 23 June 2016, a majority of the UK electorate voted to leave the EU.
UK withdrawal from the EU – usually described as ‘Brexit’ – has been the subject of a great deal of comment in books, journal articles, press reports and blogs.
This paper provides information on and/or links to a selection of analysis and comment on:
- the EU referendum (for a pre-referendum reading list, see Commons Briefing Paper 7220, Reading list on UK-EU relations 2013-16: reform, renegotiation, withdrawal, 24 June 2016)
- constitutional and legal issues surrounding UK withdrawal
- the triggering of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), which will start the withdrawal process
- the High Court Judgement on Miller v. Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
- the role of the UK Parliament in triggering the process and in the negotiations
- the possibility of a second referendum on a withdrawal agreement
- issues for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
There is also a list of miscellaneous Library briefing papers and parliamentary committee reports.
This paper will be updated periodically.
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