Re-examining Sovereignty From Classical Theory to the Global Age [Hardcover]

This book provides a complete documentary history of the idea of sovereignty from Classical theory to the global age. The historical examination of sovereignty leads the author to conclude that the recent transformation of the principle of sovereignty can be understood in the context of 'new international constitutionalism'.Acknowledgements Introduction Classical Constitutional Notions of Sovereignty Modern National Notions of Sovereignty The Rise of International Constitutionalism The Collapse of International Constitutionalism The Formalisation of Sovereignty Sovereign Equality and National Sovereignty in Communist and Third World Countries Towards New Constitutional Sovereignty Conclusions IndexHIDEAKI SHINODA is a research fellow at the Institute for Peace Studies at Hiroshima University, Japan.