Secession: International Law Perspectives - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521849284 ISBN 13: 9780521849289

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

Secession is the creation of a new State through the separation of part of the territory and population of an existing State. This book addresses all the theoretical problems raised by secession throughout the world today, and demonstrates the role played by international law in either preventing or promoting secession.

About the Author:

Marcelo G. Kohen is Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0521849284
• ISBN 13: 9780521849289
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 548
• Editor: Kohen Marcelo G.