Document Library
These are documents researched or written by the Scottish Sovereignty Research Group on the subjects of Scottish sovereignty and ways in which Scotland can restore its independence.
Where possible each document has an abridged version for reading on the website and a full version which may be downloaded.
SSRG Document Library
The Treaty Bites Back
By Sara Salyers
The Claim of Right was passed by the Scottish parliament in 1689. It forms a fundamental condition of the Treaty of Union.
Plebiscitary Election
A route to independence where a normal scheduled democratic event is utilised to seek a democratic mandate to declare or to negotiate independence.
A Draft Constitution
(1) On Independence Day, Scotland becomes an independent State under this Constitution.
(2) “Independence Day” is a day to be specified by a resolution of the Scottish
Parliament.
The Scottish Senate
The objective here, is to establish a second chamber whose prime responsibility is to the Scottish people through the people’s assembly.
Who We Are
Who We Are and Where We Come From.
(The Origins and Character of Scottish Popular Sovereignty)
Open Letter to the Leaders of the Pro-Independence Parties in Westminster and Holyrood
By David Henry
10 November 2021
It is our informed view that pro-independence parties in the Holyrood and Westminster Parliaments already hold the power to achieve independence for Scotland.
Open Letter to MPs and MSPs
By David Henry
9 October 2021
It is our informed view that there is nothing in the UK’s unwritten constitution that prevents a majority of Scottish MP’s, representing the Scottish party to the Treaty of Union, to collectively vote to withdraw from it.
Route and Plan to delivering Scotland’s Independence
By David Henry
10 September 2021
SSRG proposes that the Scottish Parliament declares that it is the only parliament which represents the sovereign will of the Scottish People. As such it should pass a motion to declare that Scotland as a sovereign nation is withdrawing with immediate effect from the Treaty of Union with England.
The Legal Provisions In The Acts Of Union
By JD Ford
A scholarly analysis from 2007 of the four Articles in the Treaty Of Union which provided for the preservation of the laws and courts of Scotland.
SSRG Proposal for Scottish Independence
June 2021: Manifesto for Indy
By David Henry
It is beyond doubt that Scotland is a Sovereign Nation and that the people of Scotland are a Sovereign People, and that they and they alone can determine the form of governance they so choose. Scotland is bound to the UK construct only by treaty, and as a de facto independent entity has the right to dissolve that treaty at any time it so chooses.
Why We Don’t Need A Referendum
By David Henry
We are in danger of establishing a precedent by which only a majority vote by all the people in a future referendum would suffice to progress to full independence.
Decolonisation and Liberation of the Scots
By Professor Alfred Baird
Section 30 Referendum
Called the ‘gold standard’ referendum by the leader of the SNP, this is essentially a re-run of the 2014 referendum
Referendum Without A Section 30 Order.
A referendum held entirely under the aegis of the Scottish government.
Summer Roadshows
We’re running a series of roadshows all around the country in the early summer. If you’d like more information or would like to attend one, visit our Events page.