The Canadian Contribution to a Comparative Law of Secession

Table of Contents

Foreword Richard Albert

Introduction: The Legacy of the Quebec Reference Re Secession Giacomo Delledonne and Giuseppe Martinico

The Legacy of the Quebec Secession Reference Ruling in Canada and Internationally Errol P. Mendes

The Law and Politics of Secession: From the Political Contingency of Secession to a "Right to Decide"? Can Lessons Be Learned from the Quebec Case? Jean-FrançOis Gaudreault-Desbiens

The Reception in Spain of the Reference of the Supreme Court of Canada on the Secession of Quebec Josep Maria Castellà Andreu

The Reference Re Secession of Quebec, the Kosovo Advisory Opinion and the Questions They Leave Open. the Right to Decide, the Principle of Stability, and the Duty to Negotiate Luigi Crema

Metaconstitutionalising Secession: The Reference and Scotland (In Europe) Alastair Maciver

Constitutional Migrations in the Commonwealth: the Quebec Secession Reference and Sri Lankan Constitutional Discourse Asanga Welikala

The Reference and Ethiopian Constitutionalism Erika Arban

Secessionist Impulses and the Italian Legal System: The (Non)Influence of the Reference of Secession Giacomo Delledonne and Matteo Monti

Secession Reference and Its Intellectual Legacy: Skeptical Notes from the European Peripheries Zoran Oklopcic

A Political Theory Perspective on the Reference Roberto Castaldi "A Message of Hope". a Legal Perspective on the Reference Giuseppe Martinico

Towards a Comparative Constitutional Law of Secession? Francesco Palermo

Giacomo Delledonne is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Comparative Constitutional Law at the Sant'Anna School of
Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy.

Giuseppe Martinico is an Associate Professor of Comparative Public law at the Sant'Anna School of AdvancedStudies in Pisa, Italy. His research interests cover both comparative and European law, fields in which he has publishedextensively, including two monographs in English.

"This valuable contribution by Giacomo Delledonne and Giuseppe Martinico convincingly demonstrates that the legacies of the Reference reverberate across the globe." (Yonatan T. Fessha, International Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 18, 2020)
"This book offers a thorough and kaleidoscopic perspective on the major legal and political issues regarding secession in contemporary academic discussion. The essays compiled in this book can be seen as a state-of-the-art summary of the current debate on the problem of secession and as an excellent primer for those interested in studying this fascinating and puzzling issue." (João Diogo, Regional & Federal Studies, August 07, 2019)