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Sovereignty in the Exercise of the Right to Self-Determination detangles the relationship between a number of principles of international law and the exercise of sovereign power. Jane Hofbauer’s assessment is conducted through an analysis of the different tiers of self-determination, ranging from the right to exercise external self-determination, the right to exercise forms of autonomy as a form of de facto independence, and the right to a type of ‘spatial’ independence, exemplified through the principles of permanent sovereignty over natural resources (PSNR), and free, prior and informed consent (FPIC). The book not only highlights the (intentional) uncertainties within each of these principles, but identifies the (non-discretionary) limits to their normative evolution. It thereby explores to what extent (indigenous) peoples can be designated as sovereign entities.

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Author:   Jane A. Hofbauer
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Volume:   27
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9789004316058

ISBN 10:   9004316051
Pages:   366
Publication Date:   03 November 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS CHAPTER I SOVEREIGNTY AND THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION THROUGH AN EVOLUTIONARY LENSE: AN INTRODUCTION 1.1 Developing International Law 1.2 Using Interpretation for the Development of International Law 1.3 The Use of Legal Concepts With Uncertain Meaning 1.4 Sovereignty and the Principle of Self-Determination 1.5 Structure of the Book CHAPTER II DEFINING PEOPLES 2.1 Why the Need for a Definition? 2.2 Peoples as Civitas 2.3 Peoples as National, Ethnic-Cultural Entities 2.4 Peoples as Evolving Subjects of the Principle of Self-Determination? 2.5 Qualifying as Subjects of Peoples’ Rights 2.6 Peoples as Distinct From Other Categories 2.7 The Rights Applicable to Peoples 2.8 Outlook CHAPTER III THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION 3.1 Early Historical Development of the Principle of Self-Determination 3.2 Normative Confirmation of the Principle of Self-Determination 3.3 Defining the Core of Self-Determination 3.4 Self-Determination – A Right of All Peoples? CHAPTER IV THE FULL INDEPENDENCE OF PEOPLES 4.1 The Sovereign Territorial State – A Final Concept Governing International Law? 4.2 Defining Statehood 4.3 Achieving Full Independence – The Right to Secession 4.4 Conclusions – Reflective Requirement of Peoples Within the Criteria of Statehood CHAPTER V THE DE FACTO INDEPENDENCE OF PEOPLES 5.1 Autonomy and Self-Government – Identifying Benchmark Criteria 5.2 Subjects Entitled to Autonomy 5.3 Transcending Categories: Greenland 5.4 Conclusions CHAPTER VI THE SPATIAL INDEPENDENCE OF PEOPLES 6.1 The Principle of Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources – Origins and Evolution 6.2. Rights and Duties of Permanent Sovereignty Over Natural Resources – Revisited From a Current Perspective 6.3 Defining the Scope – Objects and Subjects of the Principle 6.4 Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources as a Spatial Tool for Independence of Peoples/Indigenous Peoples? 6.5 The Right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) 6.6 Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) in Jurisprudence 6.7 Conclusions CHAPTER VII CONCLUDING REMARKS AND OUTLOOK ANNEX TABLE OF TREATIES, CONVENTIONS, LEGISLATION, RESOLUTIONS, AND RULES TABLE OF CASES BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Sovereignty in the Exercise of the Right to Self-Determination constitutes an impressively solid piece of research. Apart from a comprehensive and observant assessment of the entire discourse as to date (including international practice), it adds a number of insights and nuances, in particular a dose of realism by taking into account international relations, that make it an original contribution to a debate that has neither reached a conclusion nor lost any of its topicality. ~Markus P. Beham, University of Vienna

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Jane A. Hofbauer, LL.M. (2009), Dr. iur. (2015), University of Vienna, is postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the Section for International Law and International Relations at the University of Vienna. She has published in the field of public international law, particularly on indigenous rights and international environmental law.

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