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ISBN10: 0198280076, ISBN13: 9780198280071, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. This is an enquiry into the place of the right of conquest in international relations since the early sixteenth century, and the causes and consequences of its demise in the twentieth century. It was a recognized principle of international law until the early years of this century that a state that emerges victorious in a war is entitled to claim sovereignty over territory which it has taken possession. Sharon Korman shows how the First WorldWar - which led to the rise of self-determination and to calls for the prohibition of way - prompted the reconstruction of international law and the consequent abolition of the title by conquest. Herconclusion, which highlights the merits and defects of the modern law as a vehicle for discouraging war by denying the title to the conqueror, challenges many of the assumptions that have come to constitute part of the conventional wisdom of our times. This is a study, not of international law narrowly conceived, but of the place of a changing legal principle in international history and the contemporary world. Korman discusses the role of the right of conquest in international relations since the early sixteenth-century and the causes and consequences of its demise. She concludes by considering contemporary problems raised by the abolition of the right of conquest from the standpoints of international order and justice. Shippin ...
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Clarendon Press 12/5/1996 12: 00: 00 AM Hardcover PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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