Sovereignty is the vital organizing principle of modern international law. This book examines the origins of that principle in the legal and political thought o

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The Sovereignty of Human Rights advances a legal theory of international human rights that defines their nature and purpose in relation to the structure and ope

Examining the origins of the principle of sovereignty in the legal and political thought of Jean Bodin, this book explores his creative synthesis of classical s

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