Praskova, S.V. On the federal territorial units

Abstract: The article concerns territorial units within the federal states, not being subjects of the federation and being directly governed by the federation. It is noted that the Russian legal science has no unified approach to classification of such territorial units, and varied terminology is used for them. The author offers to call such elements of federal states “federal territorial units”. She notes existence of federations, where all of the territory is divided into constituent subjects. The author also evaluates federal territorial units in different states, noting presence of unique territorial units, such as the Brcko District in Bosnia-Hercigovina and the Republic of Serbia Federation, the federal territory of Labuan in Malaysia, federal territory managed by the tribes in Pakistan. As a result of the analysis the author offers to divide federal territorial units into two types: federal autonomous units, and federal administrative units, she also provides a definition of federal territorial units.

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