The Evolution Of The Right Of Self Determination

Study of the legal aspects of self-determination and of the role of UN practices and policies regarding access to independence and Statehood of former colonies and trust territories - appraises the competence of the UN organs in various situations (incl. Conflict situations), examines the procedures used by the UN to attain political participation of indigenous peoples for the purpose of self-determination (plebiscites, etc.), and covers international law applications, etc. Bibliography pp. 373 to 388.

In this book, leading scholars re-examine the principle of national self-determination from diverse theoretical perspectives.

This book examines the conceptual and political history of the right of self-determination of peoples.

Secession in International Law argues that the effective development of criteria on secession is a necessity in today’s world, because secessionist struggles can be analyzed through the legal lens only if we have specific legal rules to apply. Without legal rules, secessionist struggles are dominated by politics and sui generis approaches, which validate secessionist attempts based on geo-politics and regional states’ self-interest, as opposed to the law. By using a truly comparative approach, Milena Sterio has developed a normative international law framework on secession, which focuses on several factors to assess the legitimacy of a separatist quest.

A clear and accessible study of the principle of internal self-determination in international law.

In Sovereignty in the Exercise of the Right to Self-Determination Jane Hofbauer explores to what extent (indigenous) peoples can be designated as sovereign entities through the exercise of different tiers of self-determination.