ABSTRACT

This chapter shows how the egalitarian shared sovereignty could be extended from general principles to workable institutions and how the institutions may realize these principles. It considers three sovereignty conflicts—that is Kashmir, the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, and Gibraltar, because they offer all the elements required by the model; that is to say, two sovereign states and a populated third territory. Each of the three sovereignty conflicts has been reviewed individually through one of the elements that constitute the third territory. The chapter discusses population using the example of Kashmir; territory with the Falklands/Malvinas' case; and government with Gibralta. It addresses a number of significant issues in sovereignty disputes—e.g. immigration, natural resources, law, defense, and so on. All these controversial sub-elements in sovereignty disputes show that all the parties' good reasons to accept egalitarian shared sovereignty and its implications can be extended from general principles to workable institutions.