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Secession : international law perspectives international law perspectives / edited by Marcelo G. Kohen. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - 1 v.

Includes bibliographical references 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.

ISBN: 0521849284 9780521849289

LCCN: 2006277645

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA588462 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013315788 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Secession.
International law
Sécession.
Succession d'États.
Droit des peuples à disposer d'eux-mêmes.

Subjects--Index Terms: International law

LC Class. No.: KZ4024 / .S43

Dewey Class. No.: 341.26