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Constitutional Law

2021

United Arab Emirates University

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Do Democratic Constitutions Allow Unilateral Secession? A Contemplative Review Of Federal Models, Mohammed Abbas Mohsen Feb 2021

Do Democratic Constitutions Allow Unilateral Secession? A Contemplative Review Of Federal Models, Mohammed Abbas Mohsen

UAEU Law Journal

recognize any right of secession in their domestic constitutions, from through that constitutions expressly affirm the maintenance of the state's territorial integrity.

In this framework, how can we justify the secession of a territory from a democratic state our political system federalism, the question does not primarily concern a mutually agreed secession just, the question to be addressed in this paper is whether a unilateral secession could be justified in cases in which the parent state is a functioning democratic state; such a state.

Take into account might be some comparative constitutions are include constitutional right of secession, Many constitutions …