Re-examining sovereignty : from classical theory to the global age / Hideaki Shinoda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shinoda, Hideaki, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sovereignty--History.

Sovereignty.

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 228 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Reexamining sovereignty

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Summary:

This book provides a complete documentary history of the idea of sovereignty from Classical theory to the global age. Its "diachronic" perspective illuminates the characteristic feature of modern sovereignty: the anthropomorphism of nations. The "synchronic" perspective describes conflicting elements within the history of sovereignty by identifying its encounter with nationalism and constitutionalism.

Contents:

2 Classical Constitutional Notions of Sovereignty 24

3 Modern National Notions of Sovereignty 45

4 The Rise of International Constitutionalism 63

5 The Collapse of International Constitutionalism 82

6 The Formalisation of Sovereignty 100

7 Sovereign Equality and National Sovereignty in Communist and Third World Countries 114

8 Towards New Constitutional Sovereignty 130.

Notes:

Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral--University of London).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-219) and index.

ISBN:

0312230915

OCLC:

42597747