Grounded firmly in the disciplines of law, this collection explores the twin elements of continuity and change in conceptions of sovereignty in recent times. The collection as a whole illuminates the enduring strength of sovereignty as a foundational concept and the continuing widespread appeal of sovereignty as an idea.

• 1: Richard Rawlings: Introduction: Sovereignty in Question


• 2: Neil Walker: Sovereignty Frames and Sovereignty Claims


• 3: Martin Loughlin: Why Sovereignty?


• 4: Jeffrey Goldsworthy: Parliamentary Sovereignty and Constitutional Change in the United Kingdom


• 5: Alison Young: Parliamentary Sovereignty Re-defined


• 6: Lord Hope of Craighead: Is the Rule of Law now the Sovereign Principle?


• 7: Richard Kay: Changing the UK Constitution: The Blind Sovereign


• 8: John Morison: "A sort of Farewell": Sovereignty, Transition and Devolution in the UK


• 9: Peter Leyland: Referendums, Popular Sovereignty and the Territorial Constitution


• 10: Paul Craig: The UK, the EU and Sovereignty


• 11: Damian Chalmers: European Restatements of Sovereignty


• 12: David Feldman: Sovereignties in Strasbourg


• 13: Margit Cohn: Sovereignty, Constitutional Dialogues and Political Networks: A Comparative and Conceptual Study


• 14: Sir Christopher Greenwood: Sovereignty in Question: A View from the International Bench


• 15: Joanne Scott: Territorial Sovereignty and Territorial Extension in an Inter-Connected World


• 16: Peter Muchlinski: Sovereignty and Private Corporate Power: the Case of Multinational Enterprises


• 17: Perry Keller: Sovereignty and Liberty in the Internet Era

Richard Rawlings is Professor of Public Law, University College London. Honorary Bencher at Middle Temple, Professor Rawlings was Legal Adviser to the House of Lords Constitution Committee 2009-2013
Peter Leyland is Professor of Public Law at London Metropolitan University. Honorary Fellow of Middle Temple, Professor Leyland is Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies and a visiting professor of public law at SPISA, University of Bologna, LUISS University Rome, Bocconi University Milan, the University of Viena, NIDA and the Council of State in Bangkok.
Alison Young is a Tutor and Fellow in Law at Hertford College and a Lecturer in Law at the University of Oxford