This edited collection gathers together Canadian and non-Canadian scholars to reflect on and
celebrate the 20thanniversary of the Quebec Secession Reference delivered by the Canadian
Supreme Court in 1998. It opens withtwo Canadian scholars exchanging thoughts on the legacy of
the reference from a domestic perspective as one ofthe most questioned decisions of the
Canadian Supreme Court. To follow non-Canadian scholars discuss theimpact of this reference
abroad reflecting upon its influence in European and non-European contexts (Spain Scotland
the EU after Brexit Eastern European Countries Ethiopia and Asia). Two final chapters one
by a lawyerand one by a political scientist explore the democratic theory behind that
reference.
