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.
| ISBN: | 9781009176323 |
| Publication date: | 22nd February 2024 |
| Author: | Alex University of York Green |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 278 pages |
| Series: | ASIL Studies in International Legal Theory |
| Genres: |
Public international law: responsibility of states and other entities International relations Jurisprudence and general issues |