Flexible Sovereignties of the Revolutionary ...
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Title :
Flexible Sovereignties of the Revolutionary State: Soviet Republics Enter World Politics
Author(s) :
Dullin, Sabine [Auteur]
Peyrat, Etienne [Auteur]
Institut de Recherches Historiques du Septentrion (IRHiS) - UMR 8529
Peyrat, Etienne [Auteur]

Institut de Recherches Historiques du Septentrion (IRHiS) - UMR 8529
Journal title :
Journal of the History of International Law
Volume number :
19
Pages :
1 - 22
Publisher :
Brill Academic Publishers
Publication date :
2017
ISSN :
1388-199X
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Histoire
English abstract : [en]
When Stalin demanded in 1944 that all Soviet Union republics be admitted to the UN, he revealed a conception of sovereignty that diverged from the usual perception of Soviet diplomacy as exceedingly centralised. Soviet ...
Show more >When Stalin demanded in 1944 that all Soviet Union republics be admitted to the UN, he revealed a conception of sovereignty that diverged from the usual perception of Soviet diplomacy as exceedingly centralised. Soviet theories and practices of sovereignty consisted indeed in a mix of contradictory elements, illustrating the communist criticism of bourgeois international law, but also a willingness to re-use parts of it and tailor them to new political needs. This article focuses on this elastic approach to sovereignty , its legal expression and diplomatic rationale. Particular attention is paid to the sovereignty of Union republics, central to Soviet legal rhetoric, that led them to be active in the international arena in the 1920s and after 1944, and develop state institutions that would smooth up the transition to independence after 1991. Keywords Soviet Union − sovereignty − federalism − subjects of international law − paradiplomacy − Ukraine − Communism − law of treaties 1 Flexible Sovereignties of the Revolutionary State " We now suggest to enable Union republics to establish direct diplomatic relations with foreign states and sign treaties with them " , Soviet People's Commissar-1XShow less >
Show more >When Stalin demanded in 1944 that all Soviet Union republics be admitted to the UN, he revealed a conception of sovereignty that diverged from the usual perception of Soviet diplomacy as exceedingly centralised. Soviet theories and practices of sovereignty consisted indeed in a mix of contradictory elements, illustrating the communist criticism of bourgeois international law, but also a willingness to re-use parts of it and tailor them to new political needs. This article focuses on this elastic approach to sovereignty , its legal expression and diplomatic rationale. Particular attention is paid to the sovereignty of Union republics, central to Soviet legal rhetoric, that led them to be active in the international arena in the 1920s and after 1944, and develop state institutions that would smooth up the transition to independence after 1991. Keywords Soviet Union − sovereignty − federalism − subjects of international law − paradiplomacy − Ukraine − Communism − law of treaties 1 Flexible Sovereignties of the Revolutionary State " We now suggest to enable Union republics to establish direct diplomatic relations with foreign states and sign treaties with them " , Soviet People's Commissar-1XShow less >
Language :
Anglais
Audience :
Internationale
Popular science :
Non
Administrative institution(s) :
Université de Lille
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CNRS
Submission date :
2019-02-12T17:00:38Z
2019-02-18T13:58:44Z
2022-01-26T14:55:34Z
2019-02-18T13:58:44Z
2022-01-26T14:55:34Z
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