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SUMMARY:Mar. 21 | JurisTalk: Federalize This?
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The Department of Law and Legal Studies and the Jurisprudence Centre present



JurisTalk | Federalize This?



The crisis in Ukraine, the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the promise of the Canadian approach to secession



with Prof. Zoran Oklopcic







The recent political crisis in Ukraine is unfolding at the interstice of high-stakes geopolitics, inflamed popular emotions and the looming questions of constitutional design. Given its ethno-political diversity and the involvement of great powers, a number of commentators have likened the crisis in Ukraine to the beginning of the violent dissolution of the former Yugoslavia. The talk will interrogate not only whether the post-conflict constitutional making in the former Yugoslavia has valuable lessons for Ukraine, but also whether the Canadian experience with the constitutional regulation of secession can provide the principled framework for defusing some of most explosive issues in the conflict, such as the status of the Crimean peninsula.
LOCATION:Room 1200 Richcraft Hall, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6
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