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Watt, Gary (2018) Sovereigns, sterling and “some bastards too!”: Brexit seen from Shakespeare’s King John. Journal of International Dispute Resolution, 9 (1). pp. 58-82. doi:10.1093/jnlids/idw028 ISSN 2040-3593.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/jnlids/idw028
Abstract
2016 marks the 800th anniversary of the death of King John and the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. The premise of this article is that the dynamics of human motivation which Shakespeare attributed to individuals living four hundred years before he wrote, apply as well four centuries on, in the year of “Brexit”. Statistics will never tell us what led the majority of UK voters to vote “leave” on the fateful day of the EU referendum, but an appreciation of Shakespeare's King John promises to reveal something perennial about human motivations for dramatic action. It also promises to tell us a great deal about human responses, resolution and regret in the aftermath of an explosive enactment of political free will.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JC Political theory | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Sovereignty., Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- European Union countries., Investments, Foreign -- Law and legislation., Government accountability, Dispute resolution (Law) | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of International Dispute Resolution | ||||||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 2040-3593 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 1 March 2018 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 9 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 58-82 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1093/jnlids/idw028 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 9 January 2017 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 6 February 2019 | ||||||||
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