This book considers the effects of sovereignty and bilateralism on the Gibraltar dispute, and examines the resulting deficits of governance.
Über den Autor
Keith Azopardi is a Barrister who served in the Gibraltar Government for seven years, including a period as Deputy Chief Minister until 2003. Between 1998 and 2006 he played a key role in constitutional negotiations with the British Government, leading to the grant of the new Gibraltar Constitution of 2006.
Klappentext
Gibraltar, an overseas territory of the UK within the EU, has for three centuries been at the center of a dispute between Britain and Spain, a dispute based on traditional perceptions of sovereignty. Hitherto, the dispute has been managed in a predominantly bilateral way, but this has prevented the people of Gibraltar from having an equal say on the issue of Gibraltar's sovereignty and decolonization. It has produced a paradox of governance and constitutionalism that encases Gibraltar's people. This book considers the effects of sovereignty and the culture of bilateralism on the dispute, and examines the resulting deficits of governance and democracy. In assessing the evolution of the themes underlying the dispute, it asks how the resolution might be facilitated by the application of ideas drawn from the modern legal context of late sovereignty, pluralism, and stateless nationalism, suggesting that a trilateral approach and recognition of the legal and societal context could enable an
