Post-Secession Duties : about the Equal Recognition of Languages in an Independent Catalonia
Branchadell, Albert, 1964- (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Publicació:	Barcelona : Institut d'Estudis de l'Autogovern (Catalunya), 2017
Resum:	In this paper we have used Patten's equal recognition account to explore the duties of states (and, more specifically, of newly independent states) towards each language spoken in the community, and we have asked ourselves what duties an independent Catalan state would have towards Spanish - the former state-wide official language of the state from which Catalonia would secede. According to Patten, all states have an obligation to equally recognize each language spoken in the community (albeit in a prorated sense), and newly independent states have what we could term a reinforced qualified obligation if prior to secession they were already engaged in equal recognition. As for languages, and leaving education aside, autonomous Catalonia is a polity in which Catalan and Spanish are equally recognized in terms of citizens' linguistic rights and duties. The main point of this paper is that an independent state of Catalonia would have a duty not to dismantle this equal recognition scheme - and perhaps to enlarge it by equalizing linguistic rights in the field of education as well. In this sense, philosophical reasoning goes hand in hand with political manoeuvring: to this day no mainstream Catalan secessionist leader has spoken up for dismantling the equal recognition provisions of languages that are in force in present-day autonomous Catalonia. Irrespective of its juridical status, in an independent Catalonia Spanish will continue to be a valid means of communication between citizens and their government. In other words, Spanish will de facto be an official language of independent Catalonia.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Capítol de llibre
Publicat a:	The Catalan Process sovereignty, self-determination and democracy in the 21st century, 2017, p. 175-194, ISBN 978-84-393-9610-9

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