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Self-determination

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Self-Determination And Secession Under International Law: The New Framework, Milena Sterio Jan 2015

Self-Determination And Secession Under International Law: The New Framework, Milena Sterio

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Salman Rushdie, the famous novelist, wrote" Shalimar the Clown": "Why not just stand still and draw a circle round your feet and name that Selfistan?"


Earned Soverignty Revisited: Creating A Strategic Framework For Managing Self-Determination Based Conflicts, Paul R. Williams, Abigail J. Avoryie, Carlie J. Armstrong Jan 2015

Earned Soverignty Revisited: Creating A Strategic Framework For Managing Self-Determination Based Conflicts, Paul R. Williams, Abigail J. Avoryie, Carlie J. Armstrong

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Self-determination movements are global phenomena that perpetually tug at the strings of a world order based on the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity.


Resolution Of Claims To Self-Determination: The Expansion And Creation Of Dispute Settlement Mechanisms, Valerie Epps Jan 2004

Resolution Of Claims To Self-Determination: The Expansion And Creation Of Dispute Settlement Mechanisms, Valerie Epps

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

My task is three fold. I shall first give a very brief introduction to the topic of self-determination within the general jurisprudence of the proliferation of international dispute settlement mechanisms.


The Imprint Of Kosovo On International Law, Diane F. Orentlicher Jan 2000

The Imprint Of Kosovo On International Law, Diane F. Orentlicher

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

In several respects, international responses to recent developments in Kosovo have had a significant- in some respects, profound - impact on international law


The New Dynamics Of Self-Determination, Valerie Epps Jan 1997

The New Dynamics Of Self-Determination, Valerie Epps

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The term self-determination still teeters on the borders of evolving legal precept, expression of political will, and universal human aspiration. The concept never quite settles down into a black letter law pronouncement or a clearly understood political dynamic.


Self-Determination: An Affirmative Right Or Mere Rhetoric?, Halim Moris Jan 1997

Self-Determination: An Affirmative Right Or Mere Rhetoric?, Halim Moris

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Yves Beigbeder, an international scholar, once asked, "If self-determination is an internationally recognized principle, why does it not apply to the people of West Iran, East Timor, Tibet, Kashmir and other territories, as it has been applied to other colonial territories?


What The Principle Of Self-Determination Means Today, Mitchell A. Hill Jan 1995

What The Principle Of Self-Determination Means Today, Mitchell A. Hill

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The right of all peoples to self-determination has been one of the most vigorously promoted and widely accepted contemporary norms of international law. There is no clear consensus, however, as to what the meaning and content of that right is, and it has gained the distinction of "being one of the most confused expressions in the lexicon of international relations.