Scottish Law Officers: roles and functions research report
Report on research into the roles and functions of the Scottish Law Officers. The research was commissioned by the Scottish Government and carried out by former Chief Executive of the Scottish Law Commission, Malcolm McMillan.
Annex 2 Sources and further study
Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia: The Laws of Scotland
House of Commons Briefing Paper 14 February 2025, Law Officers: a Constitutional and Functional Overview
The Nature of the Crown, Maurice Sunkin and Sebastian Payne; 1999; Chapter 6: The Antinomies of the Law Officers, by Neil Walker
J. Ll J. Edwards, The Law Officers of the Crown, 1964
J. Ll. J. Edwards, The Attorney-General, Politics and the Public Interest, 1984.
The Constitutional Legitimacy of Law Officers in the United Kingdom by Conor McCormick
Policy Exchange - Between Law and Politics: The Future of the Law Officers in England and Wales by Conor Casey;
Policy Exchange - Conflicts of Interest and the Law Officers Convention by Conor Casey
UK Constitutional Law Association blog by Conor Casey Conor Casey: Is the Law Officers’ Legal Advice Binding on the Government?
A Compendium of Scottish Ethnology, volume 13, The Law, Law Officers of Scotland, page 168, by Michael P Clancy OBE
The Investigation of Deaths: speech to the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow by the Lord Advocate on 20 September 2018
Other jurisdictions: the websites of the Government, Attorney General or DPP
Contact
Email: heather.reece-wells@gov.scot