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Cover image for book The Canadian Contribution to a Comparative Law of Secession

The Canadian Contribution to a Comparative Law of Secession

Legacies of the Quebec Secession Reference
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Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9783030034689
eText ISBN:9783030034696
Edition:0
Copyright:2019
Format:Reflowable

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This edited collection gathers together Canadian and non-Canadian scholars to reflect on and celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Quebec Secession Reference, delivered by the Canadian Supreme Court in 1998. It opens with two Canadian scholars exchanging thoughts on the legacy of the reference from a domestic perspective as one of the most questioned decisions of the Canadian Supreme Court. To follow, non-Canadian scholars discuss the impact of this reference abroad, reflecting upon its influence in European and non-European contexts (Spain, Scotland, the EU after Brexit, Eastern European Countries, Ethiopia, and Asia). Two final chapters, one by a lawyer and one by a political scientist, explore the democratic theory behind that reference.