Diversity And Self-determination In International Law (cambridge Studies In International And Comparative Law)
by Karen Knop /
2002 / English / PDF
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When does international law give a group the right to choose its
sovereignty? In an original perspective on this familiar question,
Knop analyzes the ways that many of the groups that the right of
self-determination most affects--including colonies, ethnic
nations, indigenous peoples and women--have been marginalized in
its interpretation. Her analysis also reveals that key cases have
grappled with this problem of diversity. Challenges by marginalized
groups to the culture or gender biases of international law emerge
as integral to the cases, as do attempts to meet these challenges.
When does international law give a group the right to choose its
sovereignty? In an original perspective on this familiar question,
Knop analyzes the ways that many of the groups that the right of
self-determination most affects--including colonies, ethnic
nations, indigenous peoples and women--have been marginalized in
its interpretation. Her analysis also reveals that key cases have
grappled with this problem of diversity. Challenges by marginalized
groups to the culture or gender biases of international law emerge
as integral to the cases, as do attempts to meet these challenges.