McWhinney, Edward,  1926- <br/><br/>
Self-determination of peoples and plural-ethnic states in contemporary international law :  failed states, nation-building and the alternative, federal option / 
Edward McWhinney 
 - Leiden :  Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,  2007 
 - vii, 133 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The national and international faces of federalism -- Self-determination of peoples as United Nations principle : historical roots and contemporary international law/municipal (constitutional) law antinomies -- Emergence of states in classical international law -- The United Nations Charter and admission of states, and also their exclusion -- The United Nations Charter principle of territorial integrity of states : the Uti Possidetis Doctrine as element in state succession -- Federalism and constitutional pluralism as self-determination options for plural-ethnic States : the different faces of federalism in comparative constitutional law --Law and politics and the dialectical unfolding of the self-determination principle -- Excursus - failed states : the trial-and-error of contemporary exercises in constitution-making and nation-building. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789004158351 (hardback : alk. paper)  RM351.00 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007-048920 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United Nations
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Self-determination, National<br/>State succession<br/>Nationalities, Principle of<br/>Ethnic relations--Political aspects<br/>Federal government