Dividing the State: Legitimacy, Secession and the Doctrine of Oppression

ISBN-13: 9781138619456 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 220 str.

Paul Groarke

Opis

This book sets out a theory that brings secession firmly within the rule of law and focuses on the legal meaning of the term 'oppression'. It introduces a notion of legitimacy, which holds that states and other international actors are subject to extra-constitutional legal restraints.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; Legitimacy; The legal concept of legitimacy; The historical problem of sovereignty; Solving the historical problem; Existing theories of secession; Institutional and legal issues; Philosophical framework; A legal theory of secession; Practice issues; Conclusion: institutional reform; Select Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Paul Groarke