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The Emerging Restrictions Of Sovereign Immunity: Premptory Norms Of International Law, The Un Charter, And The Application Of Modern Communications Theory, Winston P. Nagan Feb 2012

The Emerging Restrictions Of Sovereign Immunity: Premptory Norms Of International Law, The Un Charter, And The Application Of Modern Communications Theory, Winston P. Nagan

Winston P Nagan

The article is titled The Emerging Restrictions on Sovereign Immunity: Peremptory Norms of International Law, the UN Charter, and the Application of Modern Communications Theory. The article provides a fresh re-examination of the conceptual foundations of the sovereign immunity doctrine in the light of the changing character of sovereignty itself. This is done in the context of the changing expectations in international law generated by the UN Charter, and the development of human rights and humanitarian law. The article applies the innovative communications theories generated by the New Haven School to provide a more realistic and relevant approach to the …