The Canadian contribution to a comparative law of secession: Legacies of the Quebec secession reference

Abstract

Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Reference Re Secession of Quebec (hereinafter the Reference) is a very good reason to put together a volume on “one of Canada’s most well-known legal exports” (p. 5). But there is another equally strong reason that makes the decision of Giacomo Delledonne and Giuseppe Martinico to bring together scholars with expertise in constitutional law to deal with the comparative law of secession important and timely. The winds of secession that are blowing in Europe and beyond are making secession a burgeoning topic of constitutional law. By examining the legacy, relevance, and contribution of the Reference to a comparative law of secession, this edited volume provides a valuable constitutional law perspective to a topic that is largely dominated by political science