Following the fall of communism in Eastern Europe in the early 1990s, smaller, independent, ethnically-based political entities emerged. In the years since, academics from various disciplines have renewed their interest in the topic of secession. A lively discussion in the academic mainstream on the morality and legality of secession has occurred among predominantly liberal democratic political philosophers, a discussion that was non-existent prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The Constitutional Right of Secession in Political Theory and History
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Kreptul, Andrei. “The Constitutional Right of Secession in Political Theory and History.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 17, No. 4 (2003): 39–100.