University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Scope and Contents These papers represent the legislative and legislative-consultative work carried out by Professor Sir D Neil MacCormick during his exercise of office as MEP, 1999-2004. Legislative work represents those domains in which Parliament exercises powers of co-decision with the Council of Ministers and legislative-consultative the extent to which Parliament has rights to be consulted about, or to give or withhold consent to rule-making decisions of the Council. Much of the documentation within this...

Scope and Contents These papers represent the policy-shaping work carried out by Professor Sir D Neil MacCormick during his exercise of office as MEP, 1999-2004. Policy-shaping work was carried out through debates on questions of importance, through urgent debates on human-rights and through responses to communications from the Commission and European Council or Committees of Inquiry and Special Committees. Reports for...

Scope and Contents These papers represent the rights-implementation work carried out by Professor Sir D Neil MacCormick during his exercise of office as MEP, 1999-2004. Rights implementation work involved a combination of debates on general problems and taking up individual cases or issues with the appropriate authorities.The following series are represented within this sub-fonds: Reports for Legal Affairs...