I am just finishing up a big research project collecting, reading, analyzing etc. the best books, articles, etc. on secession from a variety of perspectives...
Interesting. Among the types, you might add a sort of "virtual secession" i.e. a "virtual country" (not geographically exclusive) secedes, more like a group of...
This sounds a bit like what political scientists call "personal autonomy." For instance, in India Muslims have their own family law courts, & Canada has...
Canada has muslim family law courts? that's awful! family law is exactly where islam is most oppressive. I guess if we are neutral then it is an interesting...
I agree that virtual secession is a potential type of secession and should therefore be included, but I don't consider it very viable because laws apply to...
... Actually, Canada doesn't have them for Muslims, but India does. There was recently a proposal to allow for an optional shariah court for family civil law...
I'm wondering how the US treats the various Indian tribes, don't they have some degree of autonomy? If you watch shows like NCIS or JAG, it seems that if a...
... Indian tribes have quite a lot of autonomy on their reservations; and when it comes to law enforcement, they can elect to let either state or federal...
Actually, I had meant to include the concept "panarchy" which means the individual right to choose which government one affiliates with, without having to...
I think the below message bounced. In the interim I really cleaned up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panarchy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panarchism ... -- ...
But how much autonomy do they have in enforcing their laws on non tribal members on the rez.? A recent NPR report ( best I remember " all Things Considered"...
I read there is 1 virtual Sovereign that sends ambassidors to some nations it's called The Sovereign Miltary Order Of Malta.--- In ... secession" i.e. ... like...
I have never heard of this on any basis other than territorial, that being different laws on Indian reservations. And the Autonomy is quite minimal as federal...
... Precisely. Wherever it's been put into operation, it's been an opt-in, which distinguishes it from territorial autonomy or even FOCJ's (functional...
. And from what I understand, citizenship/membership in occupied nations which had not been widely recognized as such and whose gov't's had just recently been...
I know that many in our intellectual circle are into homeschooling, so I thought I'd ask: does anyone here know of a U.S. history curriculum that does not...
Instead of looking for history texts, have your kids read the writings of people who were alive at the time. Have them read a collection of Robert E Lee or...
... Republic of Texas, Confederate States of America, ... um ... -- Anton Sherwood, http://www.ogre.nu/ "How'd ya like to climb this high *without* no...
Conch Republic (Key West)? ... No more US as world policeman No more taxpayer funded government entitlements Tax cuts, but with corresponding spending cuts ...
... I submitted your question to my Crow friend, and this is what he had to say in response: *** To answer the questions asked is complicated; for, it all...
I see that the Second North American Secession convention has been scheduled for Chattanooga, Tennessee in October. Will anyone here be attending? Any idea on...
The following is an interesting article about the future of Belgium: From the Brussels Journal *** After Belgium: Will Flanders and the Netherlands Reunite? ...
... The article has a misleading sentence: The Flemish provinces were part of the Netherlands until 1831, when the international powers established the Kingdom...
MASSOB appeals to UN ALPHONSUS NWEZE The Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), has restated its call on the United Nations...
I think it's unlikely that Flanders would ever join the Netherlands; only a small hard core of the secessionist movement has adopted irredentist claims,...
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