Cooler Heads Shall Prevail

Cooler Heads Shall Prevail
Author: Patrick J. Monahan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 44
Release: 1995
Genre: Federal government
ISBN:

This study addresses the legal aspects of Quebec's intention to secede from Canada. The paper looks at the legal framework governing secession in both Canadian and international law; describes the manner in which events might unfold during the period immediately following a positive referendum result; takes issues with the claim that Quebec secession is a matter for Quebecers alone to decide; and analyzes the two ways in which Quebec could secede, by amendment to the Canadian Constitution or by a unilateral declaration of independence by the Quebec Government.

The Secession of Quebec and the Future of Canada

The Secession of Quebec and the Future of Canada
Author: Robert Andrew Young
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 528
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780773515307

Based on the premises that Quebecers vote for independence in a referendum and Canada accepts this result, The Secession of Quebec and the Future of Canada is a timely examination of the implications of separation for Quebec and the rest of Canada.

The Question of Separatism

The Question of Separatism
Author: Jane Jacobs
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2016-11-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0525432892

Jane Jacobs, writing from her adoptive country, uses the problems facing an independence-seeking Quebec and Canada as a whole to examine the universal problem of sovereignty and autonomy that nations great and small have struggled with throughout history. Using Norway’s relatively peaceful divorce from Sweden as an example, Jacobs contends that Canada and Canadians—Quebecois and Anglophones alike—can learn important lessons from similar sovereignty questions of the past.

The Canadian Contribution to a Comparative Law of Secession

The Canadian Contribution to a Comparative Law of Secession
Author: Giacomo Delledonne
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2018-12-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3030034690

This edited collection gathers together Canadian and non-Canadian scholars to reflect on and celebrate the 20thanniversary of the Quebec Secession Reference, delivered by the Canadian Supreme Court in 1998. It opens withtwo Canadian scholars exchanging thoughts on the legacy of the reference from a domestic perspective as one ofthe most questioned decisions of the Canadian Supreme Court. To follow, non-Canadian scholars discuss theimpact of this reference abroad, reflecting upon its influence in European and non-European contexts (Spain,Scotland, the EU after Brexit, Eastern European Countries, Ethiopia, and Asia). Two final chapters, one by a lawyerand one by a political scientist, explore the democratic theory behind that reference.

Canadian Federalism and Quebec Sovereignty

Canadian Federalism and Quebec Sovereignty
Author: Christopher Edward Taucar
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2004-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780820462424

In this comprehensive book on Canadian federalism, the author thoroughly examines the Quebec sovereignty issue in order to determine whether or not reasonable and substantial grounds exist justifying Quebec sovereignty in the context of contemporary Canada. As a result, this book examines the successive layers that constitute Canadian federalism to unravel its nature, essence and the successes of its functioning, or the lack thereof, particularly with respect to Quebec. Ultimately, no matter how the federation is portrayed, if it has worked and continues to work well to achieve the most basic needs and interests of Quebecers, there leaves little if anything in support of secession. The fundamental success of the Canadian federation is the all-important lesson of this book.

Quebec, the Challenge of Independence

Quebec, the Challenge of Independence
Author: Anne Griffin
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 1984
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780838631355

This psycho-social examination of the Quebecois separatist movement is based on extensive interviews with a variety of persons. Its surprising results include the discovery that a desire for economic improvement or enhanced political power rarely motivates participation in the movement.