Secession (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521849289)

The end of the Cold War brought about new secessionist aspirations and the strengthening and re-awakening of existing or dormant separatist claims everywhere. The creation of a new independent entity through the separation of part of the territory and population of an existing State raises serious difficulties as to the role of international law. This book offers a comprehensive study of secession from an international law perspective, focusing on practice and applicable rules of international law. It includes theoretical analyses and a scrutiny of practice throughout the world by eighteen distinguished authors from Western and Eastern Europe, North and Sub-Saharan Africa, North and Latin America, and Asia. Core questions are addressed from different perspectives, and in some cases with divergent views. The reader is also exposed to a far-reaching picture of State practice, including some cases which are rarely mentioned and often neglected in scholarly analysis of secession.

Author: Marcelo G. Kohen
ISBN-10: 0521849284
ISBN-13: 9780521849289
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/21/2006
Pages: 548
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.17lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.30w x 1.45d