Question: Is there a future for the principle of self-determination in international law in the post-colonial world?
Answer: Ever since the principle of self-determination entered the lexicon of international politics during World War 1 the precise meaning and scope of this elusive concept has been the subject of inexorable debate. For whilst the idea lends itself to simple formulation in words which have a semblance of universal applicability and perhaps of revolutionary slogans when the time has come to put it into operation it has turned out to be a complex matter circumvented by limitations and caveats....(short extract)
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- Subject: Law
- Course: International Law
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 67%
- Words: 3138
- Date submitted: February 09, 2009
- Date written: February, 2002
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 696
