States of Exclusion: A Critical Systems Theory Reading of International Law
The theoretical underpinnings of public international law have taken the sovereign status of the nation-state for granted since the beginning of the modern era. After centuries of evolution in legal and political thought, the state's definition as a bounded territorial unit has been strictly codifie...
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2022
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