Soberanía e igualdad en el derecho internacional (Sovereignty and Equality in International Law)

Anuario de la Facultad de Derecho de la UAM, vol. 13 (2009), pp. 291-310

20 Pages Posted: 7 Aug 2013 Last revised: 12 Feb 2018

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Carlos Espósito

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)

Date Written: January 22, 2009

Abstract

Este artículo revisita el concepto de igualdad soberana de los Estados frente a los desafíos que provienen de las lógicas de globalización, democratización y privatización del derecho internacional. El autor sostiene queel principio de igualdad soverana, una ficción jurídica constitutiva del derecho internacional, sigue teniendo un significado normativo relevante en la soliciedad internacional contemporánea como puente que conecta Estados desiguales.

This article revisits the concept of sovereign equality of States and considers several challenges to such principle as a result of logics of globalization, democratization and privatization of international law. The article argues that the principle of sovereign equality, a constitutive legal fiction of international law, still has a significant normative function in present international law and society as a bridge connecting unequal States.

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Keywords: sovereign equality, principles of international law, globalization, subjects of international law, sources of international law

Suggested Citation

Espósito, Carlos, Soberanía e igualdad en el derecho internacional (Sovereignty and Equality in International Law) (January 22, 2009). Anuario de la Facultad de Derecho de la UAM, vol. 13 (2009), pp. 291-310, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2305751

Carlos Espósito (Contact Author)

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) ( email )

Faculty of Law
Madrid, 28049
Spain

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