This book takes a stand against the narrowing focus of (German) jurisprudence on state law, rooted in the history of the territorially organised nation state. In the shadow of this tradition, state(-hood) law was only conceived of as state law. However, a gradual decoupling of state and law is...

Verlagsinfo: Sovereignty - the authority of a state to wield ultimate power over its territory, its citizens, its institutions - is everywhere undergoing change as states respond in various ways to the challenges posed, from above and below. "Above" the state is the widening net of international...