%0 Journal Article
%T Ley de libre determinaci¨®n moderna y la 'cuarta opci¨®n': Ley internacional y de Estados Unidos
%A Javier J. R¨˛a-Jovet
%J ACDI : Anuario Colombiano de Derecho Internacional
%D 2010
%I Universidad del Rosario
%X ˇ°Under International and U.S. Constitutional Law decolonizationis achieved solely via independence, full integration, and freely associated independenceˇ±. UN Resolutions 1514 and 1541 (1960) and supposed Constitutional constraints are the oft-cited authoritative statements for this widely held, yet false proposition. Res. 2625(1970) amended Res. 1541 by adding a fourth decolonizationroute: ˇ°The emergence into any other political status freely determined by a peopleˇ±. This modern self-determination option is explained in detail in the monograph, including its pragmatic, case-by-case non-dogmatic approach.As constitutional law goes, there are already various non-state sovereigns within the Federal Union. Indian tribes are jurisprudentially describes as ˇ°distinct, independent political communitiesˇ± or ˇ°dependent sovereignsˇ± The Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, among others, are alsoexamples of federated non-state sovereigns peoples and jurisdictionswith varying degrees of autonomy, that fit the norms espousedin Res. 2625 and its progeny.
%K International law of self-determination
%K decolonization
%K inherent sovereignty
%K peoples
%K United States Constitutional Law
%K federalism.
%U http://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/acdi/article/view/1425/1308