caa a22 4500 388073799 CHVBK 20180307125155.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1999 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0829320100006050 doi S0829320100006050 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0829320100006050 Millard Gregory Department of Political Studies, Queen's University The Secession Reference and National Reconciliation: A Critical Note [Elektronische Daten] [Gregory Millard] In its judgement on the constitutionality of a unilateral declaration of independence by Quebec, the Supreme Court claimed to be guided by the implicit or explicit constitutional principles of democracy, federalism, rule of law, and respect for minorities. French-English duality, as part of a "multination” conception of Canada, was not among these, despite being crucially implicit in the Court's reasoning. Had the principle of duality been articulated, it would have enhanced the theoretical cohesion of the judgement; more importantly, it would have furthered a necessary dialogue outside Quebec, insofar as national reconciliation requires the recognition of Quebec's distinctiveness by the rest of Canada. The secession reference was therefore a significant opportunity missed. Copyright © Canadian Law and Society Association 1999 Canadian journal of law and society Cambridge University Press 14/2(1999), 1-19 0829-3201 14:2<1 1999 14 CLS https://doi.org/10.1017/S0829320100006050 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0829320100006050 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Millard Gregory Department of Political Studies, Queen's University NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Canadian journal of law and society Cambridge University Press 14/2(1999), 1-19 0829-3201 14:2<1 1999 14 CLS CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge