Law, Power, and the Sovereign State: The Evolution and Application of the Concept of Sovereignty

by Michael Ross Fowler and Julie Marie Bunck

Book Overview

In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet bloc, it is timely to ask what continuing role, if any, the concept of sovereignty can and should play in the emerging "new world order." The aim of Law, Power, and the Sovereign State is both to counter the argument that the end of the sovereign state is close at hand and to bring scholarship on sovereignty into the post-Cold War era. The study assesses sovereignty as status and as power and examines the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271014717
• ISBN13: 9780271014715
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"