Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Introduction -- I: The historical background -- Self-determination as an international political postulate -- II: Self-determination becomes an international legal standard -- Treaty law -- The emergence of customary rules: external self-determination -- The emergence of customary rules: internal self-determination -- The holders of the right to self-determination and the means of ensuring observance of the right -- Comparing customary law and treaty law -- III: The right to self-determination in operation -- The impact of self-determination on traditional international law -- Testing international law -- some particularly controversial issues -- The role of self-determination in the recent break up of the Society Union and Yugoslavia -- IV: The new trends emerging in the world community -- Attempts at expanding self-determination -- V: General stock-taking -- Recapitulation and conclusion

The definitive study of the doctrine of self-determination of peoples

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