The UN principle of self-determination and secession from decolonized states: Katanga and Biafra
Book chapter
Castellino, J. 2011. The UN principle of self-determination and secession from decolonized states: Katanga and Biafra. in: Pavkovic, A. and Radan, P. (ed.) The Ashgate research companion to secession Ashgate. pp. 117-130
Chapter title | The UN principle of self-determination and secession from decolonized states: Katanga and Biafra |
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Authors | Castellino, J. |
Abstract | [Summary of the book containing this chapter:] Secession is a detachment of a territory from an existing state with the aim of creating a new state on the detached territory. Secession is usually an outcome of the political mobilization of a population on the territory to be detached and, as a political phenomenon, is a subject of study in the social sciences. Its impact on inter-state relations is a subject of study in international relations. But secession is also subject to regulation both in the constitutional law of sovereign states and in international law. Following a spate of secessions in the early 1990s, legal scholars have proposed a variety of ways to regulate the international responses to attempts at secessions. Moreover, since the 1980s normative justification of secession has been subject to an intense debate among political theorists and moral philosophers. |
Page range | 117-130 |
Book title | The Ashgate research companion to secession |
Editors | Pavkovic, A. and Radan, P. |
Publisher | Ashgate |
ISBN | |
Hardcover | 9780754677024 |
Publication dates | |
Dec 2011 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 17 Apr 2014 |
Output status | Published |
Web address (URL) | http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754677024 |
Language | English |
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