Съдържа: pt. 1. Secession in society and law. Self-determination and secession / Rosalyn Higgins -- Order, stability and political reality / J. Holmes Armstead -- Self-determination and secession : the jurisprudence of international human rights tribunals / Dinah Shelton -- pt. 2. Fundamental legal concepts. Ongoing global legal debate on self-determination and secession : main trends / Stanislav V. Chernichenko and Vladimir S. Kotliar -- A legal basis for secession : relevant principles and rules / John Dugard -- Secession and the ban on the use of force : some reflections / Nico Schrijver -- pt. 3. Evolving principles. Territorial integrity and secession : the dialectics of international order / W.E. Butler -- Sovereignty and secession : then and now, here and there / Rein Mu?llerson -- pt. 4. Specific issues. Que?bec's right to secessionist self-determination : the colliding paths of Canada's Clarity Act and Que?bec's Fundamental Rights Act / Daniel Turp -- Secession in North America : the United States & Puerto Rico / J.L.A. de Passalaqua -- Latin America : self-determination, minorities, indigenous people, stability of borders and problems of secession / Fernando Flores -- The role of recognition and non-recognition with respect to secession : notes on some relevant issues / Malcolm N. Shaw.*