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Great powers and outlaw states : unequal sovereigns in the international legal order /

This book examines how unequal sovereigns have had a major impact on the way international relations are conducted. The author offers a way of understanding recent transformations in the global political order by recalling the lessons of the past, in particular the recent conflicts in Kosovo and Afg...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Simpson, Gerry J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Colección:Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. Introduction. Great powers and outlaw states
  • pt. II. Concepts. Sovereign equalities ; Legalised hierarchies
  • pt. III. Histories: great powers. Legalised hegemony: congress to conference 1815-1906 ; 'Extreme equality': rupture at the Second Hague Peace Conference 1907 ; The great powers, sovereign equality and the making of the United Nations charter: San Francisco 1945 ; Holy alliances: Verona 1822 and Kosovo 1999
  • pt. IV. Histories: outlaw states. Unequal sovereigns: 1815-1839 ; Peace-loving nations: 1945 ; Outlaw states: 1999
  • pt. V. Conclusion. Arguing about Afghanistan: great powers and outlaw states redux ; The puzzle of sovereignty.