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Organic Constitutions*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon*
Affiliation:
Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, Pa
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Multiple Visions of International Law’s Future
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Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 92 , 1998 , pp. 93 - 96
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1998

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A greatly expanded version of the thoughts expressed in this paper can be found in Ruth Gordon, Growing Constitutions, 1 U. Pa. J. Const. L. (forthcoming 1998).

References

1 Colonial governments had a great deal of autonomy and generally operated quite independently from home governments.

2 Of course, I am talking about what would arise after humanitarian crises are taken care of and fighting ceases.

3 If circumstances arise that prevent state bodies from performing their national duties, the Council of Elders can convene a conference, which includes all of the communities of Somaliland. This conference then determines the political measures needed to resolve outstanding problems.

4 On various forms of accountability, see Chibundu, Maxwell, Law in Development: On Tapping, Gourding, and Serving Palm Wine, 29 Case W. Res. J. Int’l L. 169 (1997)Google Scholar.