The Catalan Issue from a Comparative Constitutional Perspective
The chapter analyses the Catalan strive for independence through the prism of constitutional law of both Spain and other countries where independentist claims have also emerged over the past few years. The authors deal with the legal instruments adopted b
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Catalan Independence and the Crisis of Sovereignty
Óscar García Agustín Editor
Catalan Independence and the Crisis of Sovereignty
Editor Óscar García Agustín Department of Culture and Learning Aalborg University Aalborg, Denmark
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Preface
The Catalan mobilizations and referendum on 1-O 2017 is clearly one of those moments where it is inevitable, for someone working in the field of political and social sciences, to address the developments from an academic angle with the urgency of being involved in the debates on the events as well as the need for slower analytical reflections. Shortly after 1 October 2017, the idea of organizing an open discussion in our local setting on the situation in Catalonia emerged. Ignacio Brescó and I organized a talk at Aalborg University (Denmark) with a massive response from students and colleagues, eager to understand what was going on. Later, my colleague Malayna Raftopoulos and I travelled to Barcelona to follow the evolution of the political conjuncture closer. We continued working on and analysing the Catalan issue and, among other things, we organized a seminar with international scholars from different disciplines, presenting their analysis on the conflict between Spain and Catalonia. The disciplines of the participants as well as their positions on the issue differed; however, the discussion im
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