Democratic statehood in international law : the emergence of new states in post-Cold War practice
Vidmar, Jure,
Democratic statehood in international law : the emergence of new states in post-Cold War practice [electronic resource] / by Jure Vidmar. - 1 online resource (xix, 281 pages).
Bloomsbury Pub Ebook
Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-265) and index.
"This book analyses the emerging practice in the post-Cold War era of the creation of a democratic political system along with the creation of new states. The existing literature either tends to conflate self-determination and democracy or dismisses the legal relevance of the emerging practice on the basis that democracy is not a statehood criterion. Such arguments are simplistic. The statehood criteria in contemporary international law are largely irrelevant and do not automatically or self-evidently determine whether or not an entity has emerged as a new state. The question to be asked, therefore, is not whether democracy has become a statehood criterion. The emergence of new states is rather a law-governed political process in which certain requirements regarding the type of a government may be imposed internationally. And in this process the introduction of a democratic political system is equally as relevant or irrelevant as the statehood criteria. The book demonstrates that via the right of self-determination the law of statehood requires state creation to be a democratic process, but that this requirement should not be interpreted too broadly. The democratic process in this context governs independence referenda and does not interfere with the choice of a political system."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
9781472566485
Democracy.
International law.
Self-determination, National.
State, The.
341.26
Democratic statehood in international law : the emergence of new states in post-Cold War practice [electronic resource] / by Jure Vidmar. - 1 online resource (xix, 281 pages).
Bloomsbury Pub Ebook
Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-265) and index.
"This book analyses the emerging practice in the post-Cold War era of the creation of a democratic political system along with the creation of new states. The existing literature either tends to conflate self-determination and democracy or dismisses the legal relevance of the emerging practice on the basis that democracy is not a statehood criterion. Such arguments are simplistic. The statehood criteria in contemporary international law are largely irrelevant and do not automatically or self-evidently determine whether or not an entity has emerged as a new state. The question to be asked, therefore, is not whether democracy has become a statehood criterion. The emergence of new states is rather a law-governed political process in which certain requirements regarding the type of a government may be imposed internationally. And in this process the introduction of a democratic political system is equally as relevant or irrelevant as the statehood criteria. The book demonstrates that via the right of self-determination the law of statehood requires state creation to be a democratic process, but that this requirement should not be interpreted too broadly. The democratic process in this context governs independence referenda and does not interfere with the choice of a political system."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
9781472566485
Democracy.
International law.
Self-determination, National.
State, The.
341.26