Abstract

This article assesses the United Kingdom’s rapidly evolving territorial constitution through the register of federal theory. While not arguing that the UK is federal or ought to be described as federal, the article contends that federalism is a useful prism through which to assess how well the UK’s constitution accommodates autonomy on the one hand and the efficacy of union, which is the essential complement of pluralism, on the other. It then proceeds to assess the Brexit process in light of existing imbalances in the UK’s territorial arrangements. The way in which Parliament has paved the way for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU is widely considered to be deeply unpropitious for devolution. However, upon further analysis of the legal changes and internal political commitments that have been designed to facilitate Brexit, it would appear that a more balanced set of constitutional arrangements may be emerging which could in fact bolster and further embed the United Kingdom’s territorial constitutional commitments.

中文翻译：

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领土宪法与英国退欧进程

摘要

本文通过对联邦理论的评估来评估英国快速发展的领土宪法。尽管没有争论英国是联邦制还是应该被描述为联邦制，但文章认为，联邦制是一个有用的棱镜，通过它一方面可以评估英国宪法对自治的适应程度以及工会的效力，这是至关重要的。另一方面，多元化的补充。然后，它根据英国领土安排中的不平衡状况，着手评估英国退欧进程。广泛认为，议会为英国从欧盟撤军铺平道路的做法对权力下放非常不利。但是，在进一步分析旨在促进英国退欧的法律变化和内部政治承诺之后，