Statehood as Political Community: International Law and the Emergence of New States

by Alex Green

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009176323
• ISBN13: 9781009176323
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"