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Secession of Quebec, Re, Reference to Supreme Court, [1998] 2 SCR 217, (1998) 161 DLR (4th) 385, (1998), 55 CRR (2d) 1, ILDC 184 (CA 1998), 20th August 1998, Canada; Supreme Court [SCC]

Date:
20 August 1998
Citation(s):
[1998] 2 SCR 217 (Official Citation)
(1998) 161 DLR (4th) 385 (Other Reference)
(1998), 55 CRR (2d) 1 (Other Reference)
ILDC 184 (CA 1998) (OUP reference)
Content type:
Domestic court decisions
Product:
Oxford Reports on International Law [ORIL]

Module:
International Law in Domestic Courts [ILDC]
Jurisdiction:
Canada [ca]; Supreme Court [SCC]

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 25 May 2025

Whether the international law of self-determination granted Quebec the unilateral right to secede from the Canadian Federation.

Whether the residents of Quebec were a ‘people’ as that term is used in international law.

Whether Canadian law or international law had precedence in the event of a conflict between the two.

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