Secession, State, and Liberty

The political impulse to secede - to attempt to separate from central government control - is a conspicuous feature of the post-cold war world

Autorentext

David Gordon

Inhalt

1. The Secession Tradition in America 2. When is Political Divorce Justified? 3. The Ethics of Secession 4. Nations By Consent: Decomposing the Nation-State 5. Secession: The Last, Best Bulwark of Our Liberties 6. Republicanism, Federalism, and Secession in the South, 1790 to 1865 7. Yankee Confederates: New England Secession Movements Prior to the War Between the States 8. Was The Union Army's Invasion of the Confederate States a Lawful Act? An Analysis of President Lincoln's Legal Arguments Against Secession 9. The Economic and Political Rationale for European Secessionism 10. A Secessionist View of Quebec's Options 11. How to Secede in Business Without Really Leaving: Evidence of the Substitution of Arbitration for Litigation