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Self-Determination of Peoples: A Legal Reappraisal
Antonio Cassese
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Description for Self-Determination of Peoples: A Legal Reappraisal
Paperback. The definitive study of the doctrine of self-determination of peoples. Series: Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures. Num Pages: 396 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LBBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
The self-determination of peoples is a major issue in the world community: both radical and subversive, it serves to grant statehood to oppressed peoples, but also to disrupt existing State structures. This book, the first comprehensive legal account, sets out to trace how this political ideal has turned into an international legal standard. Scrutinising State practice through national digests and UN proceedings the author pinpoints the limits within which this political postulate has gained a foothold in the body of international law and assesses the extent to which it has had an impact on existing legal norms. This is primarily ... Read more
The self-determination of peoples is a major issue in the world community: both radical and subversive, it serves to grant statehood to oppressed peoples, but also to disrupt existing State structures. This book, the first comprehensive legal account, sets out to trace how this political ideal has turned into an international legal standard. Scrutinising State practice through national digests and UN proceedings the author pinpoints the limits within which this political postulate has gained a foothold in the body of international law and assesses the extent to which it has had an impact on existing legal norms. This is primarily ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
396
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Series
Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures
Condition
New
Weight
585g
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521637527
SKU
V9780521637527
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Reviews for Self-Determination of Peoples: A Legal Reappraisal
'Overall, this is one of the most comprehensive and useful modern studies of the principle of self-determination in international law'. ASIL Journal