The Annotated Secessionist Papers: Second EditionA collection of essays, articles and papers, in the tradition of the Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers, that discuss secession from a legal, constitutional and historical perspective. Since the original release of the first edition of The Annotated Secessionist Papers, the world has not ceased to view secession and devolution as a legitimate recourse for people across the globe that seek more responsive democratic representation. In Europe, there are currently twenty-one active and real secession or devolution movements. |
Contents
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A Brief Early History | 27 |
Secession as | 33 |
Was the Fourteenth Amendment | 40 |
Were the States | 63 |
Considering | 73 |
Free Association84 | 84 |
Taking Secession | 90 |
Secede | 101 |
Common terms and phrases
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