The silent constitution of territory
Journal: International Journal of Constitutional Law
Year: 2018

Legal systems and states typically, and perhaps necessarily, have a limited geographical scope Territorial issues infrequently become the focus of constitutional scrutiny, and then usually in the peripheral instances of contested territorial claims and secession. Drawing on a newly compiled dataset of all state constitutional provisions addressing territory, I develop a new theory about the general relationship between laws and the geographic limits on their application. In particular, I advance