http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20181005-163507-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/eu-welcome-independent-scotland-2-2/ Why the EU should welcome an independent Scotland Douglas-Scott, Sionaidh eng 2014-09-08 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 The comments below focus on the importance of an EU perspective on an independent Scotland’s EU membership, highlighting the EU as a distinctive, sui generis and new type of legal organisation. They argue that a strong case can be made for Scotland’s continued EU membership on the basis of EU law itself.