Sub-State Governance through Territorial Autonomy: A Comparative Study in Constitutional Law of Powers, Procedures and Institutions

✍ Scribed by Markku Suksi (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 720
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This study focuses on territorial autonomy, which is often used in different conflict-resolution and minority situations. Four typical elements are identified on the basis of the historical example of the Memel Territory and the so-called Memel case of the PCIJ; distribution of powers, participation through elections and referendums, executive power of territorial autonomy, and international relations. These elements are used for a comparative analysis of the constitutional law that regulates the position of six currently existing special jurisdictions, the Åland Islands in Finalnd, Scotland in the United Kingdom, Puerto Rico in the United States of America, Hong Kong in China, Aceh in Indonesia and Zanzibar in Tanzania. The current sub-state entities examined can be arranged in relation to Memel in a manner that indicates that Hong Kong and the Åland conform to the typical territorial autonomy, while Puerto Rico and Aceh should probably not be understood as territorial autonomies proper. At the same time, the territorial autonomies can be distinguished from federally organized sub-state entities.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiii
Introduction....Pages 1-38
The Autonomy of Memel....Pages 39-80
The Relationship between Federalism and Autonomy....Pages 81-139
Conflict Resolution in a Self-Determination Context as a General Frame for Sub-state Arrangements....Pages 141-276
The Distribution of Powers....Pages 277-394
Participation in Decision-Making....Pages 395-506
The Executive Power....Pages 507-574
International Relations....Pages 575-622
Concluding Remarks....Pages 623-659
Back Matter....Pages 661-685

✦ Subjects

Sources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law; Fundamentals of Law