Terra Firma Chambers' Mark Lazarowicz is the lead author of a new legal book on the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Parliament: Law and Practice has just been published by Edinburgh University Press. It is a thoroughly revised and updated text based on the previous work, The Scottish Parliament: An Introduction, first published in 1999 with three subsequent editions.

This textbook gives students a rigorous introduction to the powers of the Scottish Parliament: how it makes laws, how it holds the Scottish Government to account and how its legislation and its actions can be scrutinised and challenged. Fully updated in light of the 2012 and 2016 Scotland Acts and the Independence and Brexit referenda, it looks at how Scotland is governed now and what the future holds for the constitutional relationship between Scotland and the rest of the UK.

This book, written by Mark Lazarowicz along with former Strathclyde University academic Jean McFadden, is essential reading for students of Scots law, legal systems, politics and public policy, as well as legal and political professionals who need an up-to-date guide to how Holyrood works.

The book is available from bookshops and online. Further details of the book’s contents, and how to order both printed and online copies can be found here.