Essays about: "unilateral declaration of independence"

Found 4 essays containing the words unilateral declaration of independence.

  1. 1. Exceptionalism in Generic Situations - Should the Kosovo Advisory Opinion be regarded as sui generis?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Roy Jasim; [2023]
    Keywords : folkrätt; public international law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The right to remedial secession is one of the most divisive issues in interna-tional law. An increasing number of legal scholars have argued that such a right exists, but State practise has shown little support for such a right. READ MORE

  2. 2. The Unilateral Declaration of Independence in Catalonia, 2017: strategies of legitimation in political discourses.

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Ramir Rabaza Jiménez; [2020]
    Keywords : Spain; Catalonia; autonomy; referendum; sovereignty; constitutionalism; self-determination; secession; independence; sub-nationalisms;

    Abstract : The relation between the Catalan nationalist forces as well as the other sub-nationalisms and the Spanish Government has been a matter discussed throughout all the Spanish democracy. In recent years the challenge to the Spanish state set by the Catalan government when taking a unilateral approach on Independence has resulted in the imprisonment and exile of political leaders. READ MORE

  3. 3. Rethinking the Lotus Principle: New Perspectives on the Kosovo Advisory Opinion

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Teresa O'Neill; [2017]
    Keywords : international law; the Lotus principle; self-determination; human rights; legal theory; Kosovo; declaration of independence; folkrätt; mänskliga rättigheter; självständighet; självständighetsdeklaration; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Following Kosovo’s issuance of a unilateral declaration of independence in 2008, the UN General Assembly requested the International Court of Justice to pronounce itself on the accordance with international law of the declaration of independence. The Court’s answer to that request was that the declaration of independence was not in violation of international law. READ MORE

  4. 4. A crucial watershed in Southern Rhodesian politics : The 1961 Constitutional process and the 1962 General Election

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Jan Olsson; [2011]
    Keywords : constitutionalism; democracy; settler state; Southern Rhodesia; unilateral declaration of independence;

    Abstract : The thesis examines the political development in Southern Rhodesia 1960-1962 when two processes, the 1961 Constitutional process and the 1962 General Election, had far-reaching consequences for the coming twenty years. It builds on a hypothesis that the Constitutional process led to a radicalisation of all groups, the white minority, the African majority and the colonial power. READ MORE