Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction.
Part I. The Historical Background
Chapter 2. Self-determination as an international political postulate .
Part II. Self-Determination Becomes an International Legal Standard
Chapter 3. Treaty law.
Chapter 4. The emergence of customary rules: external self-determination.
Chapter 5. The emergence of customary rules: internal self-determination.
Chapter 6. The holders of the right of self-determination and the means of ensuring observance of the right.
Chapter 7. Comparing customary and treaty law.
Part III. The Right to Self-Determination in Operation
Chapter 8. The impact of self-determination on traditional international law.
Chapter 9. Testing international law - some particularly controversial issues.
Chapter 10. The role of self-determination in the recent break-up of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia.
Part IV. The New Trends Emerging in the World Community
Chapter 11. Attempts at expanding self-determination.
Part V. General Stocktaking
Chapter 12. Recapitulation and conclusion.
Index