Bulletin n. 3/2006
December 2006
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Dietrich Frank
    Zur Legitimation territorialer Ansprüche
    in Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie , 54. Jahrgang, Heft 4, 2006 ,  2006 ,  577-596
    The focus of the article is on the justification of claims of states or separatist movements to certain territories. In the first part, four theories of territorial justice that appear to have the strongest support in current philosophical debates are examined and shown to be defective. Proposals to base territorial rights on individual landownership, historical considerations, the justice of the state, or the principle of national self-determination are rejected for various reasons. The second part argues for a plebiscitary solution; i.e. the majority of the (permanent) residents should decide on conflicting territorial claims.
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