Dr. W. Elliot Bulmer is a constitutional scholar. He formerly served as Research Director of the Constitutional Commission.
Providing a recent history of the Scottish Government's Constitutional Policy since 2011, Bulmer asks what exactly is the `common good' and what type of constitution would serve it, while also addressing questions of poverty, wealth, inequality and democracy.
Before the independence referendum in 2014, the First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond promised a written constitution for Scotland in the event of a 'Yes' vote. The UK is almost unique in having never adopted a written constitution or other fundamental law. Why did this commitment arise in Scotland?