Sovereignty-Modern

A New Approach to an Outdated Concept

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9554248
AutoresJohn H Jackson (0000-0003-0225-8825, autor de correspondencia)
Año2003
Volumen97
Número4
Páginas782-802
Fecha de publicación2003-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of International Law (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-9300 • E-ISSN: 2161-7953
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3133680
OpenAlexW4248941436
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas18
Referencias citadas11

Although much criticized, the concept of “sovereignty” is still central to most thinking about international relations and particularly international law. The old “Westphalian” concept in the context of a nation-state’s “right” to monopolize certain exercises of power with respect to its territory and citizens has been discredited in many ways (as discussed below), but it is still prized and harbored by those who maintain certain “realist” views or who otherwise wish to prevent (sometimes withjustification) foreign or international powers and authorities from interfering in a national government’s decisions and activities. Furthermore, when one begins to analyze and disaggregate the concept of sovereignty, it quickly becomes apparent that it has many dimensions. Often, however, the term “sovereignty” is invoked in a context or manner designed to avoid and prevent analysis, sometimes with an advocate’s intent to fend off criticism orjustifications for international “infringements” on the activities of a nation-state or its internal stakeholders and power operators

Context (archaeology · Criticism · Government (linguistics · International law · International relations · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Sovereignty · State (computer science · Territorial integrity · Westphalian sovereignty · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · History · International Law and Human Rights · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law