In her speech at the 2016 Conservative Party Conference, Theresa May promised to make Britain, once again, 'a sovereign and independent country'. The goal is ambitious. By withdrawing from EU supranational integration, May expects the UK to regain the freedom traditionally enjoyed by nation...

Theresa May has promised to make Britain once again ‘a sovereign and independent country.' That is not as simple as it sounds. Brexit is bound to be accompanied by both gains and losses in sovereignty. By leaving the European Union the UK loses the co-decisional powers it has by virtue of...