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讨论单一制国家某些特别行政区的高度自治，关键在于说明此类地区究竟与通常所谓“一级行政区”有何不同。本文将选择三个有代表性的案例，即苏格兰、加泰罗尼亚和香港，论证单一制国家高度自治行政区的权力来源、法律地位和对外事务都有自己的特征。这些地区多有历史上的事实权力孑遗，它们的自治地位据称可以得到多样法律渊源的支持，而它们的对外交往也带来新的法律挑战。但这些特征尚不足以改变这些地区所在国家的单一制宪法框架，国家仍可单方面地改变它们的状态。以权力来源、法律地位和对外事务等特征为基础，本文试图进一步精炼单一制国家高度自治行政区的概念。
토론단일제국가모사특별행정구적고도자치，관건재우설명차류지구구경여통상소위“일급행정구”유하불동。본문장선택삼개유대표성적안례，즉소격란、가태라니아화향항，론증단일제국가고도자치행정구적권력래원、법률지위화대외사무도유자기적특정。저사지구다유역사상적사실권력혈유，타문적자치지위거칭가이득도다양법률연원적지지，이타문적대외교왕야대래신적법률도전。단저사특정상불족이개변저사지구소재국가적단일제헌법광가，국가잉가단방면지개변타문적상태。이권력래원、법률지위화대외사무등특정위기출，본문시도진일보정련단일제국가고도자치행정구적개념。
The high degree of autonomy of regions in a unitary state must be understood in contrast with the status of other first-level administrative divisions in the host state. This arti- cle selects three representative examples of regions with high-degree autonomy in unitary state, namely Scotland, Catalonia, and Hong Kong, to demonstrate that these regions have their u- nique characteristics in terms of the configuration of powers, legal status, and external relations as compared to ordinary top administrative divisions in their respective host state ： most of these regions retain factual powers that are not yet replaced by the state ; their autonomy is under- pinned by various legal sources; and their external relations often bring new legal challenges. However, the above-mentioned characteristics are not enough to alter the unitary nature of their host states, as the state remains capable, both politically and legally, to unitarily change the status of such regions. On the basis of these special characteristics, this article tries to further conceptualize regions with high degree autonomy in a unitary state.