Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Contributors xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I. The Right to Secede
7. 1. International Responses to Separatist Claims: Are Democratic Principles Relevant? 17
8. 2. A Right to Secede? 50
9. 3. Democratic Principles and Separatist Claims: A Response and Further Inquiry 77
10. Part Two. Intrastate Autonomy
11. 4. An Historical Argument for Indigenous Self-Determination 87
12. 5. Indigenous Self-Government 119
13. 6. Exploring the Boundaries of Language Rights: Insiders, Newcomers, and Natives 136
14. 7. Can the Immigrant/National Minority Dichotomy Be Defended? Comment on Ruth Rubio-Marín 174
15. Part III. Constitutionalism and Secession
16. 8. Domesticating Secession 191
17. 9. The Quebec Secession Issue: Democracy, Minority Rights, and the Rule of Law 238
18. 10. Secession, Constitutionalism, and American Experience 272
19. Index 315