Scope and Contents These files relate to cases concerning parliamentary immunity, and requests for waiver of that immunity, that came before the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Single Market. Over the 5 years of Neil MacCormick's mandate he was one of the pool of Rapporteurs that dealt with these issues.Parliamentary immunity, or legislative immunity, is a system in which members of the parliament or legislature are granted partial immunity from prosecution. Before prosecuting it is necessary...

Scope and Contents These papers represent the self-managerial tasks carried out during Neil MacCormick's exercise of office as MEP, 1999-2004. Parliament has important functions of self management in relation to making and applying its own rules of procedure. Many other important self-managerial tasks are carried out through elected representatives in the Parliament's bureaus, in the Conference of Presidents of Political Groups, in the Conference of Committee Presidents, and in the College of Quaestors, but...