Statehood and the Law of Self-Determination

1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-90-411-1890-5
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, Band 43, 515 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 251 mm, Gewicht: 943 g

Reihe: Developments in International Law

Although most international lawyers assumed that the distribution of the land surface of the earth between States was more or less final after the end of decolonization, recent practice has disproved this assumption.

Eritrea separated from Ethiopia and new States were created out of the former Soviet Union, the former Yugoslavia and the former Czechoslovakia. There is no reason to believe that these events form the end of the creation of new States.

Numerous communities within existing States claim a right to full separate statehood on the basis of their entitlement to an alleged right to self-determination. However, in most cases, the international community rejected such claims to statehood, even if the territorial entity satisfied the traditional criteria for statehood.

On the other hand, in other cases, including some of those mentioned above, the international community acknowledged the statehood of entities which clearly failed to meet these criteria.

This study shows that the law of statehood has changed considerably since the establishment of the United Nations. It is argued that the law of self-determination is particularly relevant for explaining the international community's position regarding the general recognition, or the general denial, of statehood of different territorial entities under contemporary international law.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Raic, David

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Abbreviations. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I: Statehood. 1. The Concepts of `Subject of Law' and `Personality' in International Law. 2. The State as an International Legal Person. 3. The Traditional Criteria for Statehood and the Concept of Effectiveness. 4. The Obligation of Non-Recognition and Additional Criteria for Statehood Based on Legality. Part II: Self-Determination. 5. The Emergence and Development of the Principle of Self-Determinations: From the American and French Revolutions to the Era of Decolonization. 6. The Post-Colonial Era: Internal and External Self-Determination. 7. Secession. Part III: Statehood and Self-Determination. 8. The Formation of States and the Operation of the Law of Self-Determination. Précis. Bibliography. Table and Index of Cases. Index.