ISSN: 2036-5438
- 1. Responsibility without Power: Federalism and the Dilemma of Internal Security Management in Nigeria
- (Essay)
- Saheed Babajide Owonikoko and Ikenna Mike Alumona Security has taken centre stage in Nigeria's political discourse, as in most developing countries. Across the different geopolitical zones in the ...
- Created on 28 November 2025
- 2. The Road Less Travelled: Constitutionalising Internal Secession
- (Essay)
- Nejat Hussein, Yonatan T. Fessha The Ethiopian Constitution uniquely elevates the demand for internal secession to the status of a constitutional right. This right, enshrined in Article 47 of ...
- Created on 01 August 2024
- 3. From History to Identity: The Dynamics of Identitarian Constitutionalism in Russia
- (Essay)
- Fedor Arkhipov This article explores constitutional identity in contemporary Russia, emphasizing the interplay of historical memory, internal ethnic and cultural diversity, and international influence ...
- Created on 26 January 2026
- 4. A Comparative Review of the Federal Security Models in Nigeria and the United States of America
- (Essay)
- ... counterterrorism programme, and other internal measures put in place have failed to quell the security challenges, and the insecurity, such as Boko Haram and kidnapping, remains an intense challenge to ...
- Created on 16 December 2025
- 5. Endogenous Limits of the Right to Conscientious Objection: Does a Conscientious Objector Have the Right to Refuse Even 1-Day Military Service?
- (Note)
- ... to address this judgment from a perspective that expands on the ECHR's previous jurisprudence. I will try to understand how the ECHR's recent judgment affects the scope and internal limits of the right. ...
- Created on 09 April 2025
- 6. Mind the Gap Between Federalism and Secession: the Relationship Between Two (In)compatible Concepts
- (Essay)
- Nikos Skoutaris Scholars have often either framed federalism as an alternative to secession (Buchanan 1995) or suggested that secession is incompatible with the federal principle (Jellinek 1905). ...
- Created on 31 July 2024
- 7. The Unsettled Question of the Constitutional Framework and the Interpretative Authority in the Danish Rigsfællesskab
- (Essay)
- ... is, given the Grundlov's silence on mechanisms for its interpretation. In any case, the home rule model presents weak internal organization in its development and legal uncertainty, which may also manifest ...
- Created on 18 April 2024
- 8. Equalization and territorial integration in Canada: a nation building instrument?
- (Essay)
- ... secession has barely been explored. Against this background, this article explores, from a legal perspective, the internal architecture of the Canadian equalization program with the aim of investigating ...
- Created on 25 November 2022




