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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814776603321

Titolo

Statehood and self-determination : reconciling tradition and modernity in international law / / Edited by Duncan French [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-107-23726-2

1-107-30174-2

1-107-30585-3

1-107-31458-5

1-107-30683-3

1-299-39907-X

1-107-31238-8

1-139-24895-2

1-107-30903-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xlix, 534 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

341.26

Soggetti

Self-determination, National

Recognition (International law)

Sovereignty

Legitimacy of governments

Newly independent states

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Statehood and recognition -- pt. II. Self-determination -- pt. III. Tradition, opportunities and challenges : the changing nature of the state.

Sommario/riassunto

The concepts of statehood and self-determination provide the normative structure on which the international legal order is ultimately premised. As a system of law founded upon the issue of territorial control, ascertaining and determining which entities are entitled to the privileges of statehood continues to be one of the most difficult and complex issues. Moreover, although the process of decolonisation is almost complete, the principle of self-determination has raised new



challenges for the metropolitan territories of established states, including the extent to which 'internal' self-determination guarantees additional rights for minority and other groups. As the controversies surrounding remedial secession have revealed, the territorial integrity of a state can be questioned if there are serious and persistent breaches of a people's human rights. This volume brings together such debates to reflect further on the current state of international law regarding these fundamental issues.