Research handbook on secession / edited by Jure Vidmar, Sarah McGibbon, Lea Raible.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McGibbon, Sarah, editor.

Raible, Lea, editor.

Vidmar, Jure, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Research Handbooks in International Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law.

Secession.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (410 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.

Summary:

"Combining both theoretical and practical insights, the Research Handbook on Secession addresses a wide range of legal issues surrounding secessions. It considers both well-known examples such as Kosovo and Bangladesh alongside less frequently discussed cases including Somaliland and Palestine, offering state-of-the-art analysis of international law on statehood, secession, self-determination and related topics. Featuring contributions from a range of international scholars and experts, the Research Handbook discusses what a state is, distinguishes between declarations of independence and secessions, and examines the differences between secessions and the dissolution of states. Chapters provide both international law and comparative constitutional perspectives on issues of secession, inviting the reader to think afresh about the role of international law in territory and statehood. The Research Handbook also argues for the possibility that combining insights from international and constitutional law in particular could move the debate forward. This incisive Research Handbook will be crucial reading for scholars and students of constitutional and international law, as well as political science academics, with an interest in statehood and secession-related topics. It will further prove useful for international legal practitioners advising on these issues"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction to the Research Handbook on Secession

PART I CONCEPTUALISING THE STATE

2. State creation and the concept of statehood in international law

3. The law of statehood as a constellation of hybrids

4. The principle of territorial integrity

5. Self-determination short of secession

6. Successful secession and the value of international recognition

PART II INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE

7. Independence referendums in international law

8. Distinguishing between declarations of independence and secession

Part II.2 Constitutional processes

9. Scotland's political and constitutional process: negotiating independence under a flexible constitution

10. The secession question in Quebec

Part II.3 Extraconstitutional processes

11. Secession of Kosovo

12. Extraconstitutional secession: the Catalan case and its future

13. Secession in liberal-democratic contexts: lessons from Catalonia

Part II.4 Dissolution of states

14. Dissolution of states

15. The dissolution of the USSR

16. From velvet revolution to purple dissolution: dismantling of Czechoslovakia from above

Part II.5 Changing the narrative: special cases

17. Jordan and Palestine: union (1950) and secession (1988)

18. Seceding from failed states: reconsidering the case of Somaliland

Part II.6 Remedial secession

19. Bangladesh and the right of remedial secession

PART III CONSEQUENCES OF SECESSION

20. The law of state succession: regulating the aftermath

21. Meaning(s) of illegality in secession processes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [365]-390) and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Vidmar, Jure Research Handbook on Secession

ISBN:

1-78897-175-2