Great Powers and Outlaw States: Unequal Sovereigns in the International Legal Order (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law, Series Number 32)

The presence of Great Powers and outlaw states is a central but under-explored feature of international society. In this book, Gerry Simpson describes the ways in which an international legal order based on 'sovereign equality' has accommodated the Great Powers and regulated outlaw states since the beginning of the nineteenth-century. In doing so, the author offers a fresh understanding of sovereignty which he terms juridical sovereignty to show how international law has managed the interplay of three languages: the languages of Great Power prerogative, the language of outlawry (or anti-pluralism) and the language of sovereign equality. The co-existence and interaction of these three languages is traced through a number of moments of institutional transformation in the global order from the Congress of Vienna to the 'war on terrorism'. 0521827612......Page 1 Copyright Page......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Foreword......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 Acknowledgements......Page 17 List of abbreviations......Page 19 Part I Introduction......Page 22 1 Great Powers and outlaw states......Page 24 Part II Concepts......Page 44 2 Sovereign equalities......Page 46 3 Legalised hierarchies......Page 83 Part III Histories: Great Powers......Page 110 4 Legalised hegemony: from Congress to Conference 1815--1906......Page 112 5 ‘Extreme equality’: Rupture at the Second Hague Peace Conference 1907......Page 153 6 The Great Powers, sovereign equality and the making of the United Nations Charter: San Francisco 1945......Page 186 7 Holy Alliances: Verona 1822 and Kosovo 1999......Page 215 Part IV Histories: Outlaw States......Page 246 8 Unequal sovereigns: 1815--1839......Page 248 9 Peace-loving nations: 1945......Page 275 10 Outlaw states: 1999......Page 299 Part V Conclusion......Page 338 11 Arguing about Afghanistan: Great Powers and outlaw states redux......Page 340 12 The puzzle of sovereignty......Page 373 Select bibliography......Page 375 Index......Page 393 From the Congress of Vienna to the "war on terrorism", the roles of "great powers and outlaw states" have had a major impact on international relations. Gerry Simpson describes the ways in which an international legal order based on "sovereign equality" has accommodated the great powers and regulated outlaw states since the beginning of the nineteenth century. Simpson also offers a way of understanding recent transformations in the global political order by recalling the lessons of the past--in particular, through the recent violent conflicts in Kosovo and Afghanistan. This book examines how unequal sovereigns have had a major impact on the way international relations are conducted. The author offers a way of understanding recent transformations in the global political order by recalling the lessons of the past, in particular the recent conflicts in Kosovo and Afghanistan.

historical And Legal Analysis Of Kosovo And Afghanistan Wars And Impact On Global Political Order.

The history of the international system is a history of inequality par excellence.