The right to self-determination under international law : "selfistans", secession, and the rule of the great powers / Milena Sterio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sterio, Milena, author.

Series:

Routledge Research in International Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-determination, National.

Self-determination, National--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Timorese, the Kosovar Albanians and the South Sudanese have been successful in their quests for independent statehood, other similarly situated groups have been relegated to an at times violent existence within their mother states. Thus, Chechens still live without significant autonomy within Russia,

Contents:

pt. 1. The theory of self-determination and the great powers' rule

pt. 2. Case studies.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-18860-6

0-203-08396-2

1-283-86105-4

1-136-18861-4

9780203083963

OCLC:

823386944