The national and international faces of federalism = ix
Self-determination of peoples as United Nations principle : historical roots and contemporary international law/municipal (constitutional) law antinomies = 1
Emergence of states in classical international law = 15
The United Nations Charter and admission of states, and also their exclusion = 49
The United Nations Charter principle of territorial integrity of states : the Uti Possidetis Doctrine as element in state succession = 53
Federalism and constitutional pluralism as self-determination options for plural-ethnic States : the different faces of federalism in comparative constitutional law 61
Law and politics and the dialectical unfolding of the self-determination principle = 87
Excursus - failed states : the trial-and-error of contemporary exercises in constitution-making and nation-building = 95
Self-determination of peoples as United Nations principle : historical roots and contemporary international law/municipal (constitutional) law antinomies = 1
Emergence of states in classical international law = 15
The United Nations Charter and admission of states, and also their exclusion = 49
The United Nations Charter principle of territorial integrity of states : the Uti Possidetis Doctrine as element in state succession = 53
Federalism and constitutional pluralism as self-determination options for plural-ethnic States : the different faces of federalism in comparative constitutional law 61
Law and politics and the dialectical unfolding of the self-determination principle = 87
Excursus - failed states : the trial-and-error of contemporary exercises in constitution-making and nation-building = 95