The Modern Concept of State Sovereignty in International Law

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Modern Concept of State Sovereignty in International Law

Original language description

State sovereignty is a legal and political concept that has been transformed by globalization and the development of international legal order. This article refers primarily to external sovereignty. The transfer of certain competencies to international organizations and development of human rights necessarily reduce the competencies of individual States. The concept of State sovereignty still reflects the fact that States are the main and decisive subjects of international law. The sovereignty of States is not a static notion,but it has a changing character along with the development of international community. Despite pre-existing objections the author of this article considers the principle of sovereignty as one of the basic principles of international law, probably still the Grundorm (basic norm) of the international legal order. Sovereignty is also an obligatory property of any independent State. There is no end of sovereignty as some authors might suggest. But it is true that there is often an abuse of sovereignty in politics and States then invoke the principle of sovereignty of sovereign equality. Several authors have mentioned the myths or mythology of State sovereignty. This approach may indicate the idea that sovereignty is in demise. The idea that sovereign State has been omnipotent is admittedly unrealistic and false. The erosion of state sovereignty does not mean that State sovereignty has already lost its meaning as the basic principle of international law. The sovereignty of State has been naturally justified and protected. The author of this article describes the modern concept of State sovereignty in the era of globalism. Developments in political, commercial and military spheres have in fact resulted to some loss of sovereign powers by individual States.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

C - Chapter in a specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50501 - Law

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name

Czech Yearook of International Law. Volume X

ISBN

978-90-824603-9-1

Number of pages of the result

23

Pages from-to

161-183

Number of pages of the book

391

Publisher name

Lex Lata B. V.

Place of publication

The Hague

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