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Contents
- Introduction and guidance
- What is a badged course?
- How to get a badge
- Introduction
- 1 The Scotland Act 1998
- 2 The Scotland Act 2012
- 3 The Scotland Act 2016
- 4 Legislative consent – or ‘Sewel’ motions
- 5 Working relationship between the Parliaments and Governments
- 6 This week’s quiz
- Summary
- References
- Introduction
- 1 Constitutions
- 2 Evolution of the United Kingdom
- 3 Characteristics and functions of the UK’s constitution
- 4 The UK’s constitutional arrangements
- 5 Constitutional characteristics and Scotland
- 6 This week’s quiz
- Summary
- References
- Introduction
- 1 A new Scottish Parliament
- 1.1 Law making processes in the Scottish Parliament
- 2 Legislative competence
- 3 How law is made in the Scottish Parliament
- 4 This week’s quiz
- Summary
- References
- Introduction
- 1 Bills in the UK Parliament
- 2 Stages of a Bill in the UK Parliament
- 3 This week’s quiz
- Summary
- References
- Introduction
- 1 Acts: An overview
- 2 Acts of the Scottish Parliament
- 3 Who drafts the Bills?
- 4 Acts of the UK Parliament
- 5 Bills and Acts and the UK Parliament
- 6 Making law accessible
- 7 This week's quiz
- Summary
- References
- Introduction
- 1 Secondary legislation
- 2 The Scottish Parliament
- 3 The UK Parliament
- 4 This week’s quiz
- Summary
- References
- Introduction
- 1 Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)
- 2 The work of MSPs
- 3 The Committee System
- 4 The UK Parliamentary elections
- 5 Parliamentary election constituencies
- 6 This week’s quiz
- Summary
- References
- Introduction
- 1 Why law changes
- 2 Where do ideas for change come from?
- 3 How is law reformed?
- 4 How can you become involved?
- 5 This week’s quiz
- Summary
- End of course conclusion
- Tell us what you think
- Acknowledgements

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