Secession and referendum : a new dimension of international law on territorial changes?
Journal: Florence Research (University of Florence)
Year: 2018

PhD Thesis in Iternational Law. The aim of the present research is to focus on current developments on territorial changes in international law. The study inquiries about whether according to international law, the referendum is a sufficient or a necessary condition for secession, or both. For this purpose, an empirical approach is adopted, focusing on the cases of, inter alia, Quebec, Montenegro, Crimea, Scotland and Catalonia. The thesis is divided into four main parts: firstly (1) it examines