Secession : international law perspectives / edited by Marcelo G. Kohen.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-494) and index.

Introduction / Marcelo G. Kohen -- pt. I. The foundations of international law and their impact on secession. Secession and self-determination / Christian Tomuschat ; Secession, terrorism and the right of self-determination / Andrew Clapham ; Secession and external intervention / Georg Nolte ; The role of recognition in the law and practice of secession / John Dugard and David Raic ; The state as a 'primary fact': some thoughts on the principle of effectiveness / Theodore Christakis ; A normative 'due process' in the creation of states through secession / Antonello Tancredi ; Secession and the law of state succession / Andreas Zimmermann ; Are there gaps in the international law of secession? / Olivier Corten -- pt. II. International and domestic practice. The question of secession in Africa / Fatsah Ouguergouz and Djacoba Liva Tehindrazanarivelo ; International law and secession in the Asia and Pacific regions / Li-ann Thio ; Secession and international law: the European dimension / Photini Pazartzis ; Secession and international law: Latin American practice / Frida Armas Pfirter and Silvina Gonzalez Napolitano ; Lessons learned from the Quebec Secession Reference before the Supreme Court of Canada / Patrick Dumberry ; The secession of the Canton of Jura in Switzerland / Christian Dominice ; Conclusions / Georges Abi-Saab.

Secession is the creation of a new State through the separation of part of the territory and population of an existing State. This book addresses all the theoretical problems raised by secession throughout the world today, and demonstrates the role played by international law in either preventing or promoting secession.

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