International Law, Rights and Politics: Developments in Eastern Europe and the CIS

by Rein Mullerson

Overview

Rein Mullerson was Deputy Foreign Minister of Estonia during the country's independence struggles and is a distinguished professor of international relations. His book is concerned with the interplay of international law and politics in the changing international system.
He analyses events in Eastern Europe and the former USSR to throw light on broad and controversial issues including non-use of force, non-interference in internal affairs, self-determination of peoples, minorities and nationalism in inter-ethnic conflicts and human rights in post-totalitarian societies. Controversial questions of continuity and succession of states and their recognition are also set in this context.
One purpose of the book is to show how recent developments influence the international system as a whole and how international law has to change in order to respond to new challenges.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415111348
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/05/1994
Series:	New International Relations
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Rein Müllerson is Visiting Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics. Between 1988 and 1992 he was a member of the UN Human Rights Committee and in 1991–2 he was Deputy Foreign Minister of Estonia.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 The end of the Cold War; Chapter 2 Self-determination; Chapter 3 Minorities in Eastern Europe and the former USSR; Chapter 4 Law and politics in the recognition of new states; Chapter 5 Issues of continuity and the succession of states; Chapter 6 Human rights and democracy in post-totalitarian societies; Conclusion;

Editorial Reviews

‘... this is a snapshot of law and politics at a transitional moment in modern European history, and as such makes fascinating reading.' - International and Comparative Law Quarterly

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