Sovereign Equality Among States: The History of an Idea

by Robert A. Klein

Book Overview

Uncritical adherence to the concept of sovereign equality is a major stumbling block to the reorganization of the world community. This study is the first place to trace the origins of the wording of the concept as it appears in the UN charter, as well as its historical antecedents and philosophical foundations. Two contradictory ways of viewing sovereign states and maintaining order among them are discussed. According to one, states are abstract...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487592396
• ISBN13: 9781487592394
• Release Date: December 1974
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher