Suwerenność i prawo międzynarodowe – od prawa państw do prawa ludów

• Authors: Morawski Lech

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Sovereignty and International Law – From the Law of States to the Law of Peoples

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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In my dissertation I defend the thesis that international law is currently witnessing a fundamental breakthrough which I call the “Kantian breakthrough”, and which can simply be characterized as a transition of international law from the law of states to the law of peoples. In other words, it is possible to understand international law as an instrument for coordinating relations between states, or as an instrument for the protection of the collective goods of the entire international community. These processes are accompanied by a radical change of the concept of sovereignty from one that claims that the relations between the state and its citizens are in principle reserved for the exclusive competence of the state, to one that sees state sovereignty in its necessery connection with popular sovereignty and the right to self-determination and human rights. I refer to the ideas wich are connected with Kant’s conception included in his philosophical essay: “Zum ewigen Frieden”.

• Publisher: Fundacja „Utriusque Iuris” i Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Forum Prawnicze
• Year: 2011
• Issue: 1 (3)
• Pages: 13-36

Contributors

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Morawski Lech

• Katedra Teorii Prawa i Państwa UMK w Toruniu