Self-Determination in the International Legal System : : Whose Claim, to What Right? / / Tom Sparks.

• VerfasserIn: Sparks, Tom,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Hart Publishing,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 267 pages)
• Other title: Self-Determination in the International Legal System
• ISBN: 150994513X
• Access: Open access. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 license (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Tom Sparks.

This open access book brings conceptual clarity to the study and practice of self-determination, showing that it is, without doubt, one of the most important concepts of the international legal order. It argues that the accepted categorisation of internal and external self-determination is not helpful, and suggests a new typology. This new framework has four categories: the polity-based, secessionary, colonial, and remedial forms. Each will be distinguished by the grounds, or the legitimacy-claim, on which it is based. This not only ensures consistency, it moves the question out of the purely conceptual realm and addresses the practical concerns of those invoking self-determination. By presenting international lawyers with a typology that is both theoretically consistent and more practically useful, the author makes a significant contribution to our understanding of this keystone of international law. The open access edition of this book is available under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches offentliches Recht und Volkerrecht.