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Boundaries, democracy, and territory

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This paper places the issue of subsidiarity in the context of a wider question: “What boundaries between political units ought there to be?” Rejecting the idea of a world without borders, it begins by examining the view of international lawyers, encapsulated in the principle of uti possidetis, that existing state boundaries must be treated as sacrosanct unless modified by mutual consent. It then considers three normative approaches to boundary-drawing. The functional approach seeks to crea...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1093/ajj/auw005

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Blavatnik School of Government
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Oxford University Press Publisher's website
Journal:
American Journal of Jurisprudence Journal website
Volume:
61
Issue:
1
Pages:
33–49
Publication date:
2016-05-09
Acceptance date:
2016-04-06
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EISSN:
2049-6494
ISSN:
0065-8995
Pubs id:
pubs:617765
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uuid:c6793759-f101-49d6-84ad-159e01f35f15
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pubs:617765
Source identifiers:
617765
Deposit date:
2016-04-25

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