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The article uses Brazilian and International Law to analyse the legality of economic claims for secession coming from South and Southeast Brazil. It was found that those interested in secession have no legal basis for their claims and that their discourse is based on false and prejudiced premises. Furthermore, those claiming secession cannot currently be classified as a people, a necessary requirement for secession claims.

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The work analysis current claims that were made stronger after the 2014 presidential elections in Brazil. It compares the Brazilian scenario to that of Italy and claims from secession coming from the North of this country. It is innovative in that it analyses secession claims that have an economic basis, which has not been the main focus of legal analysis in the field. It is an article that uses Brazilian Law and several branches of international law (including human rights and IHL) to look at the claims for secession, its validity (or lack thereof) and its consequences. It is also an article that analyses the necessity of the classification of a group as a people to claim the right to self-determination and that identifies how a group should be classified as such.

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This page is a summary of: Out for the money: a legal analysis of economic claims for secession in Brazil, The International Journal of Human Rights, August 2016, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/13642987.2016.1216688.
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