Re-Defining Legitimate Statehood

International Law and State Fragmentation in Africa
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-90-411-1353-5
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, Band 36, 244 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

Reihe: Developments in International Law

The purpose of this volume is dual. The first is to provide information about the question of the role that doctrines and practices of international law have played in the emergence and persistence of the phenomenon of socio-cultural fragmentation, and therefore of inter-group conflict, within African states.

The second is to provide original thought about the ways in which, prompted by the emergent turn in our time to minority and group rights, international law and multilateral African states have begun the long journey toward modifying those doctrines and practices that have led to such unfortunate results, and have thereby begun to make very valuable contributions to the effort to prevent and/or reduce the incidence of inter-group strife in specific African contexts.

The book is not, however, limited in scope by its utilisation of Africa as a case study. The book's core is based on analysis of traditional and contemporary international legal doctrines and practices, their effects in specific contexts, as well as on the role of multilateral institutions in the prevention of internecine conflict within established states.

It is hoped that, with the use of African states as case studies, the book will be a contribution to the advancement of scholarly knowledge regarding the general question of the relationship among the doctrines of international law, the activities of multilateral institutions, and the management of the problems of fragmentation and internecine strife within established states the world over.

This volume is relevant to international lawyers, specialists in international politics, diplomats, theorists, minority and group rights scholars, historians, and human rights activists in general. It is particularly relevant to the African studies specialist, the statesman and the diplomat.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chinedu Okafor, Obiora

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements. 1. The Conceptual Framework and Methodology of the Study. 2. On the Ontology of the Crisis of Legitimate Statehood in Africa. 3. The Concept of Legitimate Statehood in the International System and the Problem of Socio-Cultural Fragmentation Within Established States. 4. The Contribution of Certain International Legal and Institutional Attitudes to Internecine Conflict Within Established African States. 5. International Law, Multilateral African Institutions, and the Prevention of Internecine Conflict Within Established African States. 6. The Conclusions and Recommendations of the Study. Bibliography. Index.