Research Catalog

Title

Sovereignty : the biography of a claim / Peter H. Russell.

Author

Russell, Peter H.

Publication

• Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2021]
• ©2021

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Details

Description

viii, 175 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"To be effective, sovereignty must be secured through force or consent by those living in a territory, and accepted externally by other sovereign states. To be legitimate, the sovereignty claim must have the consent of its people and accord with international human rights. In Sovereignty : the biography of a claim, Peter H. Russell traces the origins of the sovereignty claim to Christian Europe and the attribution of sovereignty to God in the early Middle Ages. Transcending a narrow legal framework, he discusses sovereignty as a political activity including efforts to enshrine sovereignty within international law. Russell does not call for the end of sovereignty but makes readers aware of its limitations. While sovereignty can do good work for small and vulnerable peoples, it cannot be the basis of a global order capable of responding to the major existential threats that threaten our species and our planet. A brisk, often humorous, and personal exploration, Sovereignty : the biography of a claim will interest specialists and general readers alike, offering fresh insights on the limitations of sovereignty and the potential of federalism to alleviate these limitations now and in the future."--

Series Statement

UTP insights

Uniform Title

UTP insights.

Subject

• Sovereignty > History
• Sovereignty

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-163) and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Issued also in electronic format.

Contents

Confronting the sovereignty claim -- Emperor and Pope fight for it -- Westphalia : the state gets it -- We the people become sovereign -- Sovereignty as an instrument of European imperialism -- Settler sovereignty -- Federalism takes the sting out of sovereignty -- Sovereignty challenged beyond and within the state -- Sovereign states and the UN's fatal incapacities -- Conclusion -- Epilogue : sovereignty and the Coronavirus pandemic.

Call Number

JFE 21-7570

ISBN

• 9781487509095
• 148750909X

LCCN

2020446468

OCLC

1223011870

Author

Russell, Peter H., author.

Title

Sovereignty : the biography of a claim / Peter H. Russell.

Publisher

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2021]

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

UTP insights

UTP insights.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-163) and index.

Additional Formats

Issued also in electronic format.

Other Form:

Online version: Russell, Peter H. Sovereignty. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2021 148753969X 9781487539696 (OCoLC)1225903782

Research Call Number

JFE 21-7570