Brexit: Is Britain Coupable?

• Author: Hyung Bok Chae
• Pages: 27-28

Is Britain Coupable? 27

X JEAIL 1 (2017)

Hyung Bok Chae

∗

In a referendum on June 23, 2016: 51.9 percent of the British electorate voted in favor

of the UK’s withdrawal (Brexit) from the EU. The reasons are varied, and many were

surprised by such ‘unintended consequences.’ However, Britain is setting a new

global strategy to escape the regionalism of integrated Europe by choosing traditional

‘splendid isolation.’ Nonetheless, Britain could not immediately leave the EU; it must

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of the Treaty on the European Union. In this process, strong opposition within British

society will pose great challenges, accompanying numerous other barriers to overcome.

Following the Supreme Court ruling on January 24, 2017, the UK government

recently completed the required parliamentary approval process before initiating Brexit

negotiations with the EU. This paper concludes that Britain is indeed coupable of

opting to return to nationalism based on sovereignty rather than peace, coexistence,

and solidarity in Europe.

Keywords

Brexit, United Kingdom, Britain, European Union, Referendum

∗ Professor of Law at Kyungpook National University Law School, Korea. BSc./LL.M. (Keimyung Univ.), Ph.D.

(Aix-Marseille III). ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1594-4229. He may be contacted at: europia@knu.ac.kr/

Address: Kyungpook Nat'l University Law School, 80 Daehak-ro, Bukgu, Daegu 41566 Korea.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14330/jeail.2017.10.1.02

Brexit: Is Britain Coupable?