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Constructing Citizenship Through War In The Human Rights Era, Timothy W. Waters
Constructing Citizenship Through War In The Human Rights Era, Timothy W. Waters
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War's historical relationship to the creation of territorial nation-states is well known, but what empirical and normative role does war play in creating the citizen in a modern democracy? Although contemporary theories of citizenship and human rights do not readily acknowledge a legitimate, generative function for war - as evidenced by restrictions on aggression, annexation of occupied territory, expulsions, denationalization, or derogation of fundamental rights - an empirical assessment of state practice, including the interpretation of international legal obligations, suggests that war plays a powerfully transformative role in the construction of citizenship, and that international law and norms implicitly accept …
Modern Condottieri In Iraq: Privatizing War From The Perspective Of International Human Rights Law, Antenor Hallo De Wolf
Modern Condottieri In Iraq: Privatizing War From The Perspective Of International Human Rights Law, Antenor Hallo De Wolf
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
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