Sovereignty, international law, and the French Revolution
The advent of the principle of popular sovereignty during the French Revolution inspired an unintended but momentous change in international law. Edward James Kolla explains that between 1789 and 1799, the idea that peoples ought to determine their fates in international affairs, just as they were t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2017
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| Series: | Studies in legal history
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Lists of maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Popular sovereignty and international law on the periphery of France; 2. The union of Avignon and the challenges of self-determination; 3. Revolutionary power and the annexation of Belgium; 4. Strategic interests, survival, and the left bank of the Rhine; 5. Between subject and sovereign states: the sister republics in the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Italy; Conclusion; Selected bibliography