Sovereignty in Fragments: The Past, Present and Future of a Contested Concept

The political make-up of the contemporary world changes with such rapidity that few attempts have been made to consider with adequate care, the nature and value of the concept of sovereignty. What exactly is meant when one speaks about the acquisition, preservation, infringement or loss of sovereignty? This book revisits the assumptions underlying the applications of this fundamental category, as well as studying the political discourses in which it has been embedded. Bringing together historians, constitutional lawyers, political philosophers and experts in international relations, Sovereignty in Fragments seeks to dispel the illusion that there is a unitary concept of sovereignty of which one could offer a clear definition. This book will appeal to scholars and advanced students of international relations, international law and the history of political thought.

Author: Hent Kalmo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 12/09/2010
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781107000049

About the Author
Kalmo, Hent: - "Hent Kalmo is a PhD student in the Faculty of Law at the University of Paris X - Nanterre and an LLM student at Harvard Law School."Skinner, Quentin: - Quentin Skinner is Barber Beaumont Professor of the Humanities, Department of History, Queen Mary, University of London.

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