The Right of Sovereignty: Jean Bodin on the Sovereign State and the Law of Nations

by Daniel Lee

Sovereignty is the vital organizing principle of modern international law. This book examines the origins of that principle in the legal and political thought of its most influential theorist, Jean Bodin (1529/30-1596). As the author argues in this study, Bodin's most lasting theoretical contribution was his thesis that sovereignty must be conceptualized as an indivisible bundle of legal rights constitutive of statehood. While these uniform 'rights...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198755538
• ISBN13: 9780198755531
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"