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Constitutional lawyers to inform referendum debate

A GROUP of leading constitutional lawyers have formed a group to provide "rational and non-partisan" information to voters in the run-up to the 2014 referendum.

CAMPAIGN: The launch of Women for Independence.
CAMPAIGN: The launch of Women for Independence.

Experts from five universities will examine key issues including defence, currency and membership of the European Union over the coming two years.

A series of public seminars and workshops, starting with a debate about devo max and devo plus at Glasgow University in November, will be organised and the academics will provide an updated commentary on the independence debate on a blog.

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