OUVRAGE : J. Vidmar, S. McGibbon, L. Raible (eds.), Research Handbook on Secession

Jure VIDMAR, Sarah McGIBBON, Lea RAIBLE

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


List of contributors
Acknowledgements

1. Jure Vidmar, Lea Raible, Sarah McGibbon, Introduction to the Research Handbook on Secession

PART I. CONCEPTUALISING THE STATE

2. Jure Vidmar, Lea Raible, State creation and the concept of statehood in international law
3. Jean d’Aspremont, The law of statehood as a constellation of hybrids
4. James Summers, The principle of territorial integrity 
5. Brad R Roth, Self-determination short of secession
6. Alex Green, Successful secession and the value of international recognition

PART II. INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE 

Part II.1. Democracy and declarations

7. Daniel Moeckli, Nils Reimann, Independence referendums in international law
8. Priya Urs, Distinguishing between declarations of independence and secession

Part II.2. Constitutional processes

9. Silvia Suteu, Scotland’s political and constitutional process: negotiating independence under a flexible constitution
10 Patrick Dumberry, The secession question in Quebec

Part II.3. Extraconstitutional processes

11. Jure Vidmar, Secession of Kosovo
12. Pau Luque, Extraconstitutional secession: the Catalan case and its future
13. Pau Bossacoma Busquets, Secession in liberal-democratic contexts: lessons from Catalonia

Part II.4. Dissolution of states

14. Jure Vidmar, Dissolution of states
15. Anne Østrup, The dissolution of the USSR
16. Tomas Dumbrovsky, Kristyna Urbanova, From velvet revolution to purple dissolution: dismantling of Czechoslovakia from above

Part II.5. Changing the narrative: special cases

17. Victor Kattan, Jordan and Palestine: union (1950) and secession (1988)
18. Sarah McGibbon, Seceding from failed states: reconsidering the case of Somaliland

Part II.6. Remedial secession

19. Abhimanyu George Jain, Bangladesh and the right of remedial secession

PART III. CONSEQUENCES OF SECESSION

20. James Gerard Devaney, The law of state succession: regulating the aftermath
21. Enrico Milano, Niccolò Zugliani, Meaning(s) of illegality in secession processes

Bibliography
Index

Jure VIDMAR, Sarah McGIBBON, Lea RAIBLE (eds.), Research Handbook on Secession, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022 (410 pp.)