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International and European Law and the Catalan Secession Process: Rule of Law, Human Rights and Democracy at Stake?

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It is a pleasure to present this special issue of the Hague Journal on the Rule of
Law on the role of international and European law in the Catalan secession process
(2012–2017). It was a secession (stricto sensu) process—as opposed to one of devolution or transfer of sovereignty, as in the cases of Quebec or Scotland—because
it was undertaken in violation of the 1978 Spanish Constitution. And it took place
in Spain, a rule-of-law or constitutional democracy and member of the European
Union and Council of Europe, after almost half a century of construction of a strong
democracy.

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Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 2024, vol. 2024, num.1

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Articles publicats en revistes (Dret Penal i Criminologia, i Dret Internacional Públic i Relacions Internacional)

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International and European Law and the Catalan Secession Process: Rule of Law, Human Rights and Democracy at Stake?