Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Secession Tradition in America -- 2. When Is Political Divorce Justified? -- 3. The Ethics of Secession -- 4. Nations by Consent: Decomposing the Nation-State -- 5. Secession: The Last, Best Bulwark of Our Liberties -- 6. Republicanism, Federalism, and Secession in the South, 1790 to 1865 -- 7. Yankee Confederates: New England Secession Movements Prior to the War Between the States -- 8. Was the Union Army's Invasion of the Confederate States a Lawful Act? An Analysis of President Lincoln's Legal Arguments Against Secession -- 9. The Economic and Political Rationale for European Secessionism -- 10. A Secessionist's View of Quebec's Options -- 11. How to Secede in Business Without Really Leaving: Evidence of the Substitution of Arbitration for Litigation -- Appendix A. The Declaration of Independence -- Appendix B. The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union -- Appendix C. The Constitution of the United States -- Appendix D. The Constitution of the Confederate States of America -- About the Authors -- Index
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