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- Title
Micronations: A lacuna in the law.
- Authors
Hobbs, Harry; Williams, George
- Abstract
Around 100 active micronations exist across the globe. Led by committed and eccentric individuals, these aspirant or wannabe states assert their claims to sovereignty in myriad ways. In dressing in the language of statehood, they challenge understandings of, and approaches to, international legal personality. In this article we provide the first legal survey of micronations. We develop a conceptual framework to understand what it means to be a micronation, explore their various forms, and analyze key public law issues. Our survey reveals that, although public law has not engaged with this phenomenon, states respond to the assertion of sovereignty by micronations in both benign and violent ways.
- Subjects
MICRONATIONS; SOVEREIGNTY; CONSTITUTIONAL law; POLITICAL autonomy; PUBLIC law
- Publication
International Journal of Constitutional Law, 2021, Vol 19, Issue 1, p71
- ISSN
1474-2640
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/icon/moab020