Secession : international law perspectives /

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Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2006.
Description:	1 online resource (xxxvi, 510 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Secession. Sécession. Succession d'États. Droit des peuples à disposer d'eux-mêmes. LAW -- International. Secession. Staten. Opvolging. Internationaal recht. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11813786

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Other authors / contributors:	Kohen, Marcelo G.
ISBN:	0511191448 9780511191442 0511159307 9780511159305 0511160461 9780511160462 0511161034 9780511161032 9780511161766 051116176X 9780511494215 0511494211 0521849284 9780521849289 9781107407824 1280458720 9781280458729 0511313187 9780511313189 1107407826 9781107407824
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-494) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Secession. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2006 9780521849289

Table of Contents:

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.

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