On Some Contemporary Challenges to Statehood in the International Legal Order: International Law between 'Lotus' and Global Administrative Law

Archiv des Voelkerrechts, Bd. 51 (September 2013), S. 279-311 DOI 10.1628/000389213X13801980006783

Posted: 23 Mar 2017

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Roman Kwiecien

Jagiellonian University in Kraków

Date Written: 2013

Abstract

The article discusses some contemporary challenges to statehood in contemporary international law. The 'traditional manifestations' of statehood which primarily include the legally unlimited freedom of State actions often supported by the 'Lotus' doctrine and the 'consent theory' are today treated by some scholars as obstacles to the establishment of international law as a 'real' legal order. As such, this objection questions the leading role of States in the international community 'as a whole'. The author, however, argues that the claims questioning the significance of statehood in international law are rather groundless because it is the States that are legal subjects assuring the publicness and unity of law within the international community.

Keywords: State, statehood, PCIJ, Lotus, sovereignty, constitutionalisation of international law, global administrative law

JEL Classification: K10, K30, K33

Suggested Citation

Kwiecien, Roman, On Some Contemporary Challenges to Statehood in the International Legal Order: International Law between 'Lotus' and Global Administrative Law (2013). Archiv des Voelkerrechts, Bd. 51 (September 2013), S. 279-311 DOI 10.1628/000389213X13801980006783, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2937958

Roman Kwiecien (Contact Author)

Jagiellonian University in Kraków ( email )

Gołębia Street 24
Kraków, Kraków 31-007
Poland

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