| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 386 pages) |
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Developments in international law ; v. 50 |
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Developments in international law ; v. 50.
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1. Introduction -- 2. On the state and state failure -- 3. African Independence and the transformation of sovereignty -- 4. The abondonment of effectiveness -- 5. Some illustrations of the consequences of inherent weakness -- 6. A little order |
| Summary |
This 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 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Legitimacy of governments -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Political stability -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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PHILOSOPHY -- Political.
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Stabilité politique.
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Evolution politique.
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Décolonisation.
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Souveraineté.
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Indépendance.
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Legitimacy of governments
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Politics and government
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Political stability
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Entkolonialisierung
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Internationales Recht
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Souveränität
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Völkerrecht
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| SUBJECT |
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001682
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Afrique subsaharienne.
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Subsaharisches Afrika
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1429408200 |
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9781429408202 |
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9781280915437 |
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1280915439 |
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9786610915439 |
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6610915431 |
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9047405854 |
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9789047405856 |
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