A Forward-Looking Justification of Territorial Rights

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ID6344166
AuthorsKim Angell (0000-0002-2748-6210, University of Oslo, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume65
Issue1
Pages231-247
Publication date2017-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitical Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0032321715619432
OpenAlexW2345696027
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited19

According to a prominent forward-looking justification of territorial (jurisdictional) rights, people may establish such rights over a piece of land if they develop economic and/or religious-cultural life plans the satisfaction of which requires controlling it. This argument suffers from a gap problem. The relevant life plans can be satisfied without granting their holders jurisdictional authority. Having lesser entitlements, such as occupancy rights, is sufficient. In this article, I offer a new forward-looking justification which plugs this justificatory gap. It follows the general framework of life plans-arguments, but develops a new category of plans: a person’s political plan to exercise her democratic autonomy as a citizen of the state under which she (or her group) has lived, or is living

Argument (complex analysis · Autonomy · Democracy · Law and economics · Plan (archaeology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Political Theology and Sovereignty · Public Administration

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