Federalism and Internal Conflicts: A Theory of National Self-Determination

Bossacoma Busquets, Pau

This book explores secession from three normative disciplines: political philosophy, international law and constitutional law. The author first develops a moral theory of secession based on a hypothetical multinational contract. Under this contract theory, injustices do not determine the existence of a right to secede, but the requirements to exercise it. The book’s second part then argues that international law is more inclined to accept and advance a remedial right approach to secession. Therefore, justice as multinational fairness is to be fully institutionalized under the constitutional law of liberal democracies. The final part proposes constitutionalizing a qualified right to secede with the aim of fostering recognition and accommodation of national pluralism as well as cooperation and compromise between majority and minority nations.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2019-11-27

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030265885

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-26589-2

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 386