The Right to Self-determination Under International Law : ""Selfistans, "" Secession, and the Rule of the Great Powers.

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This book proposes a novel theory of self-determination; the Rule of the Great Powers. This book argues that traditional legal norms on self-determination have failed to explain and account for recent results of secessionist self-determination struggles. While secessionist groups like the East Timor...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sterio, Milena
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Colección:Routledge research in international law.
Temas:
Self-determination, National > Case studies.
Droit des peuples à disposer d'eux-mêmes > Études de cas.
LAW > International.
Self-determination, National
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • PART I The theory of self-determination and the great powers' rule
  • 1 The notion of self-determination
  • History of self-determination
  • What is a "people" for the purposes of self-determination?
  • Internal v. external self-determination
  • Notes
  • 2 Recent applications of self-determination
  • From Aaland Islands to Quebec: self-determination throughout the 20th century
  • State dissolution and self-determination: the SFRY and the Soviet Union
  • The SFRY
  • The Soviet Union
  • Notes
  • 3 Self-determination and other theories
  • Prelude: which are the great powers?
  • Self-determination and statehood
  • Self-determination and recognition
  • Self-determination, sovereignty and intervention
  • Notes
  • 4 The great powers' rule or a new theory of self-determination
  • The great powers and self-determination
  • Four criteria for self-determination: oppression, weak centralgovernment, international involvement, great powers' support
  • The fourth criterion or the great powers' rule: determinative of self-determination quests
  • The soundness of the great powers' rule: a mélange of law and politics
  • Notes
  • 5 International jurisprudence
  • East Timor (Portugal v. Australia)
  • Kosovo (the Legality of the Kosovar Unilateral Declaration of Independence)
  • Georgia v. Russia
  • Other relevant ICJ jurisprudence: Western Sahara and the "Wall" case
  • Western Sahara
  • The "Wall" case
  • Notes
  • PART II Case studies
  • 6 East Timor
  • History of East Timor
  • The legal case for self-determination in East Timor
  • East Timor and the great powers' rule
  • Notes
  • 7 Kosovo
  • History of Kosovo
  • The legal case for self-determination in Kosovo
  • Kosovo and the great powers' rule
  • Notes
  • 8 Chechnya.
  • History of Chechnya
  • The legal case for self-determination in Chechnya
  • Chechnya and the great powers' rule
  • Notes
  • 9 Georgia (South Ossetia and Abkhazia)
  • History of South Ossetia and Abkhazia
  • South Ossetia
  • Abkhazia
  • South Ossetian and Abkhazian War of 2008
  • The legal case for self-determination in South Ossetia and Abkhazia
  • South Ossetia and Abkhazia and the great powers' rule
  • Notes
  • 10 South Sudan
  • History of South Sudan
  • The legal case for self-determination in South Sudan
  • South Sudan and the great powers' rule
  • Notes
  • Postscript and conclusion: the great powers' rule and its implications for future "selfistans"
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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