1. The Decline of National Sovereignties
... territoriality: "The right to exclusive control over territory has long been a central ingredient of the sovereignty of states. Indeed, much of the international law governing the jurisdiction of states is premised upon it. Moreover, the existence of a territory under government control is one of the juridical criteria of statehood. The distinction between power over people and power over territory ... standards of western justice. (Kaplan and Katzenbach, p. 701). During the post-World War II era, the competition and balance of power between the two leading bloc nations --the United Stat...
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