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Lafitsky V.I. Secession in the Modern World: Constitutional Law and International Law Aspects

Abstract: The article describes constitutional law and international law aspects of secession and the form of a partial breakup of a state, separation of certain territorial units forming their own statehood or joining other states. It analyses the main features of secession and reveals the problems which ought to be solved in the constitutional law and international law perception and development of this phenomenon of the modern world.


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secession, territorial units, right of peoples to self-determination, constitutional limits, international law guarantees and solutions.


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