Tag: direct rule
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Javier Garcia Oliva: Establishing a Legally and Politically Acceptable Regional President for Catalonia: The Quest Continues
Anyone accustomed to walking in rugged terrain knows the feeling of anticipating reaching the summit, only to discover that what appeared to be the brow of the hill is, in fact, only the beginning of a further upward slope. For many of us, the ongoing crisis in Catalonia induces a similar sensation. An apparent crunch…
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Graham John Wheeler: The British Overseas Territories and “Direct Rule”
In the wake of the Mossack Fonseca affair, there have been calls for London to impose “direct rule” on some of the British Overseas Territories which are used for offshore financial purposes. This blog post does not take a position on the merits of this proposal. Instead, it seeks to highlight two constitutional points which…