Self-Determination of Peoples
Subtitle: A Legal Reappraisal (Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 28, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780521637527
Subjects: International law of territories; Political Science; International Law; Nationalism; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Law; International; Law / Air & Space; Self-determination, National; General
First sentence: "The origin of the principle of self-determination can be traced back to the American Declaration of Independence (1776) and the French Revolution (1789), which marked the demise of the notion that individuals and peoples, as subjects of the King, were obje"