unequal sovereigns in the international legal order /
First Statement of Responsibility
Gerry Simpson.
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New York :
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Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xix, 391 pages)
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Cambridge studies in international and comparative law
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-371) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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 Afghanistan.