Statehood as Political Community

International Law and the Emergence of New States

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Av Alex Green, Alex (University of York) Green

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Alex Green argues that states arise under contemporary international law only when two abstract conditions are fulfilled. First, emerging states must constitute 'genuine political communities': collectives within which particular kinds of ethically valuable behaviour are possible. Second, such communities must emerge in a manner consistent with the ethical importance of individual political action. This uniquely 'Grotian' theory of state creation provides a clear legal framework comprising four factual 'antecedents' and five procedural principles, rendering the law of statehood both coherent and normatively attractive.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-02-22
Mått158 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt540 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieASIL Studies in International Legal Theory
Antal sidor278
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009176323

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Introduction: reconstructing the law of state creation; Part I. Political Community: 1. Political ethics and community membership; 2. Political action and valuable institutions; 3. The antecedents of statehood; 4. Five procedural principles; Part II. Stability, Legitimacy, and Democracy: 5. The stability thesis; 6. The legitimacy thesis; 7. Democratic legitimacy; Conclusion: The nature and resilience of statehood.

'In a time when the authority of international law is either idealized or scorned, there has never been more need for ethically informed and methodologically unorthodox reexplorations of its foundations. Alex Green's book fills a remarkably missing piece of the international law puzzle: a normative theory of why we should recognize state creation aside from its factuality. Beyond 'territory,' 'population' or 'government,' what primarily inclines international law to recognize states is the deference to the value of 'political community,' independent of actual political regimes. A brilliant rethinking of an area that deserves better than doctrinal repetition.' Frédéric Mégret, Professor of Law, McGill University