LEADER 04976nam 22006851 450 001 9910784713703321 005 20230617040433.0 010 $a1-280-91543-9 010 $a9786610915439 010 $a90-474-0585-4 010 $a1-4294-0820-0 024 7 $a10.1163/9789047405856 035 $a(CKB)1000000000405871 035 $a(OCoLC)191935702 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10175331 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000250810 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11204047 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250810 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10249943 035 $a(PQKB)10244195 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3003928 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3003928 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10175331 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL91543 035 $a(OCoLC)923611174 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789047405856 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000405871 100 $a20210731d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aState Failure, Sovereignty and Effectiveness $eLegal Lessons from the Decolonization of Sub-Saharan Africa /$fGerard Kreijen, Sir Robert Y. Jennings, QC 210 1$aLeiden; $aBoston :$cBrill | Nijhoff,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (405 p.) 225 1 $aDevelopments in International Law ;$v50 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a90-04-13965-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aForeword by Sir Robert Jennings -- 1 Introduction -- 2 On the State and State Failure -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The State in International law -- 3. The Sociological and the Normative Conception of the State -- 4. State Failure -- 3 African Independence and the Transformation of Sovereignty -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Positive and Negative Sovereignty -- 3. The Decline of Colonialism and the Expansion of International Society -- 4. The New Game of Negative Sovereignty -- 5. Juridical Statehood outside the Colonial Context: Why Africa is not 'Just Different' -- 6. Final Observations -- 4 The Abandonment of Effectiveness -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Swing of the Pendulum -- 3. Dissolving the Unity between Reality and Ideas -- 4. Effectiveness and the Unity between Reality and Ideas -- 5. Statehood, State Failure, and the Abandonment of Effectiveness -- 5 Some Illustrations of the Consequences of Inherent Weakness -- 1. Introduction -- 2. How Weak States Fail -- 3. The Evasion of the Normative Character of International Law -- 4. Some Additional Observations -- 6 A Little Order -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Restoring the Unity between Reality and Ideas, 3. Reviving the UN Trusteeship System for Failed States -- 4. Withdrawal of Recognition -- 5. Self-Determination: The Final Hurdle -- 7 Conclusions -- 1. The Decolonization of Sub-Saharan Africa -- 2. Recognition -- 3. Sovereignty -- 4. Effectiveness -- 5. State Failure -- 6. The General Perspective: Why Hobbes was Right, Index. 330 $aThis comprehensive study of State failure upholds that the collapse of States in sub-Saharan Africa is a self-inflicted problem caused by the abandonment of the principle of effectiveness during decolonization. On the one hand, the abandonment of effectiveness may have facilitated the recognition of the new African States, but on the other it did lead to the creation of States that were essentially powerless: some of which became utter failures. Written in a style both provocative and unorthodox and using convincing arguments, this study casts doubt on some of the most sacred principles of the modern doctrine of international law. It establishes that the declaratory theory of recognition cannot satisfactorily explain the continuing existence of failed States. It also demonstrates that the principled assertion of the right to self-determination as the basis for independence in Africa has turned the notion of sovereignty into a formal-legal figment without substance. This book is a plea for more realism in international law. Pensive pessimists in the tradition of Hobbes will probably love it. Idealists in the tradition of Grotius may hate it, but they will find it very difficult to reject its conclusions. 410 0$aDevelopments in International Law ;$v50. 517 3 $aLegal Lessons from the Decolonization of Sub-Saharan Africa 606 $aFailed states$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aLegitimacy of governments$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aPolitical stability$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 607 $aAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xPolitics and government 615 0$aFailed states 615 0$aLegitimacy of governments 615 0$aPolitical stability 676 $a320.01/1 700 $aKreijen$b Gerard$0148303 702 $aQC$b Sir Robert Y. Jennings, 801 0$bNL-LeKB 801 1$bNL-LeKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784713703321 996 $aState Failure, Sovereignty and Effectiveness$9762688 997 $aUNINA