Format:
1 Online-Ressource (134 pages)
ISBN:
9783030116323
Content:
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1 Historical and Constitutional Background: An Account of the Catalan Secessionist Process -- Abstract -- 1 Brief Historical Overview -- 2 Constitutional Background: Spain as a Quasi-Federal Polity -- 3 The Origins of the Conflict: The "Estatuto" (2006) and the Judgment of the Constitutional Court (2010) -- 4 The Uncertain Path to Independence and the Explosion of the Crisis (2012-2014): Vindicating the "Right to Decide" -- 5 The "plebiscitarian" Regional Elections of September 2015: Victories and Defeats -- 6 Insurrection and Reaction (2016-2018): The Referendum, the Declaration of Independence and the Emergency Intervention of the National Government -- 7 Why? -- References -- Chapter 2 Constitutional and Comparative Analysis of the Catalan Secessionist Process -- Abstract -- 1 Secession Under International Law: Self-Determination and the So Called "Remedial Secession" -- 2 A First Comparative Approach: The Main Foreign Precedents of a Referendum on Independence -- 2.1 Canada, Québec and the Clarity Act 2000 -- 2.2 The UK, Scotland and the 2014 Referendum -- 2.3 Can Québec and Scotland Be Considered Valid Precedents for Catalan Authorities' Attempt to Hold a Referendum on Independence? -- 3 A Second Comparative Approach: Two Recent Attempts of Referenda on Independence in Europe Blocked by Constitutional Courts -- 3.1 Germany and Bavaria -- 3.2 Italy and Veneto -- 3.3 Are Veneto and Bavaria Comparable to Catalonia? -- 4 The Constitutional Situation in Spain (According to the Constitutional Court) -- 5 The European Question -- References -- Chapter 3 Paradoxes, Mistakes, and Possible Steps Towards an Appeased Solution -- Abstract -- 1 Some Paradoxes -- 2 Playing with Law and Politics -- 3 Relevant Mistakes Committed by Both Sides
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ISBN 9783030116316
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ISBN 9783030116316
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Language:
English
