Abstract
Akhil Reed Amar has written that "the legality or illegality of secession was probably the most serious constitutional question ever to arise in America." In relation to this "most serious constitutional question," Cass Sunstein has asserted that "no serious scholar or politician now argues that a right to secede exists under American constitutional law." Laurence Tribe cites President Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address of March 4, 1861, as the "definitive articulation" of this view of Amar's "most serious constitutional question.". 3.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Secession as an International Phenomenon |
| Subtitle of host publication | From America's civil war to contemporary separatist movements |
| Editors | Don H. Doyle |
| Place of Publication | Athens, Georgia |
| Publisher | University of Georgia Press |
| Pages | 56-75 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780820330082, 0820330086, 9780820337128, 0820337129 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |