Fragmentation and the International Relations of Micro-states: Self-determination and Statehood

di Jorri C. Duursma (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 1996

At a time when nearly all armed conflicts are related to self-determination, and frequently to claims for secession, this meticulous study examines the legal issues at stake in the light of the existence of European micro-States: Liechtenstein, San Marino, Monaco, Andorra and the Vatican City. Jorri Duursma makes a thorough analysis of the true origins, meaning and faults of the modern right of self-determination, asking fundamental questions: What constitutes a people with a right to self-determination? How small a people has this right? Who are allowed to secede? What is a state according to international law? Jorri Duursma's book provides an up-to-date and informed account of these important issues which also draws on recent experiences in Eastern Europe and Yugoslavia. It is the first book to provide a thorough international legal account of the European micro-states, and develops a novel approach to the problems of fragmentation.

• Autore: Jorri C. Duursma
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
• Anno: 1996
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 492 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 152 mm
• Peso: 890 gr.
• EAN: 9780521563604

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