Discovering the New Face of Sovereignty: Complementarity and the International Criminal Court

Author: Leonard Eric K.¹

Source: New Political Science, Volume 27, Number 1, March, 2005 , pp. 87-104(18)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

This article examines the socially constructed nature of sovereignty in order to ascertain a more empirically based understanding of the role that this concept plays in the current postinternational order. In particular, it analyzes the practice of sovereignty in the construction of the newly forming International Criminal Court (ICC). In an attempt to understand the relationship between sovereignty and the ICC, the article addresses the following questions. Does the ICC undermine the principles of state sovereignty? What are the implications of this institution on sovereignty? Finally, can we consider the authority structure of the ICC a new form of sovereignty?

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/07393140500030840

Affiliations: 1: Shenandoah University

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