Un référendum sur l’indépendance est-il possible dans l’ordre juridique espagnol ? Le droit expliqué dans la presse

Since the end of 2012, an intense debate over the possibility of Catalonia’s independence and the legal channels to call an independence referendum has been taking place. Newspapers provide constitutional law experts with a privileged space to explain to citizens the way in which the Catalan referen...

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Published inCahiers de civilisation espagnole contemporaine Vol. 17; no. 17
Main Author Cagiao y Conde, Jorge
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Centre de Recherches Ibériques et Ibéro-Américaines 31.12.2016
Subjects
Catalonia
constitutionalism
independence referendum
Law and science
right to decide
Spain
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Summary:Since the end of 2012, an intense debate over the possibility of Catalonia’s independence and the legal channels to call an independence referendum has been taking place. Newspapers provide constitutional law experts with a privileged space to explain to citizens the way in which the Catalan referendum problem could be legally solved. This article analyzes the arguments offered by some of the most influential constitutional law scholars and tries to show that, far from adopting a scientific approach, the ideological approach prevails in many of their works.
ISSN:1957-7761
1957-7761
DOI:10.4000/ccec.6256