International Law, Institutional Moral Reasoning, and Secession
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DOI: 10.1007/s10982-017-9316-2
Abstract: This paper argues for the superiority of international law’s existing ban on unilateral secession over its reform to include either a primary or remedial right to secession. I begin by defending the claim that secession… read more here.
Keywords: moral reasoning; law institutional; law; institutional moral ... See more keywords
Emotions, finances and independence. Uranium as a “happy object” in the Greenlandic debate on secession from Denmark
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DOI: 10.1017/s0032247419000433
Abstract: Abstract Analysing the Danish-Greenlandic debate on Greenland’s plans to extract and export uranium, the article advocates bringing the fields of extraction studies and cultural studies into dialogue. Drawing on discourse analysis, critical theory and the… read more here.
Keywords: happy object; secession; uranium; independence ... See more keywords
The Republican Aventine and Rome's Social Order, by Lisa Marie Mignone, 2016. Ann Arbor (MI): University of Michigan Press; ISBN 978-0-472-11988-2 hardback $70.00; 264pp., 12 figures, 2 tables
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DOI: 10.1017/s0959774317000749
Abstract: Dogmatic and oft-repeated interpretations of Roman antiquity are of late experiencing a round of needed reassessment. Some of these paradigmatic readings are so common that they are simply accepted as immutable, universal facts. Lisa Marie… read more here.
Keywords: plebs; aventine; city; hill ... See more keywords
Secession in Africa: An African Union dilemma
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DOI: 10.1080/10246029.2020.1717974
Abstract: ABSTRACT Peaceful secession in Africa has become elusive even as there are frequent calls for secession in the African continent. Generally, secession is not popular among African politicians. Some African leaders ignore the existence of… read more here.
Keywords: african union; union dilemma; secession; africa african ... See more keywords
The stabilisation dilemma: conceptualising international responses to secession and de facto states
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DOI: 10.1080/21599165.2019.1580191
Abstract: ABSTRACT De facto states challenge traditional concepts of statehood, the territorial integrity of their metropolitan states and the stability of the international system. This article argues that international organisations (IOs) and states face one major… read more here.
Keywords: dilemma; international responses; stabilisation dilemma; facto states ... See more keywords
Francis Lieber on Institutional Liberty, Secession, and the Modern State
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DOI: 10.1086/711034
Abstract: Francis Lieber (1800–1872), professor at South Carolina College and Columbia College, New York City, spent his career grappling with the nature of political organization. A German émigré, Lieber’s political theory of the state grew around… read more here.
Keywords: state; francis lieber; liberty; lieber institutional ... See more keywords
Situating the Moral Basis for Secession in Territorial Rights: A Dualist and Nonalienation Account
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DOI: 10.1515/mopp-2022-0035
Abstract: Abstract This article grounds the morality of secession on two forms of collective self-determination: one manifests the communal goods of secessionists and the other the value of shared political institutions. Secession is morally valuable when… read more here.
Keywords: self determination; collective self; territorial rights; secession ... See more keywords