Formalizing Displacement - International Law and Population Transfers

Zusatztext This first book by Umut Özsu reads all the more readily because the subject is fascinating and because of the legal analysis, nourished by the diplomatic background that the author has restored very well....[T]he author succeeds in presenting the context and impact of population displacements in all their complexity. Informationen zum Autor Umut Özsu is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Manitoba. His research interests lie principally in public international law, the history and theory of international law, and socio-legal studies. Klappentext The 1922-34 exchange of minorities between Greece and Turkey was the first legally mandated compulsory population movement of its scale and sophistication. The book will demonstrate how such population movements were justified at the time as a radical version of minority protection, and how it impacted on ideas of ethnic nation-building. Zusammenfassung The 1922-34 exchange of minorities between Greece and Turkey was the first legally mandated compulsory population movement of its scale and sophistication. The book will demonstrate how such population movements were justified at the time as a radical version of minority protection, and how it impacted on ideas of ethnic nation-building. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: The Ottoman Empire and the International Law of Minority Protection, 1815-1923 2: Early Experiments in Population Transfer, 1913-9 3: 'A Subject Which Excites the Deepest Interest Throughout the Civilised World': Legal Diplomacy at the Conference of Lausanne 4: Humanitarianism, the World Court, and the Relation between Domestic and International Law Conclusion

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• Autori: Umut ^D"Ozsu, Umut (Assistant Professor of Law Oezsu, Umut Ozsu, Umut Özsu
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 18.12.2014
• EAN: 9780198717430
• ISBN: 978-0-19-871743-0
• Pagine: 190
• Serie: The History and Theory of International Law; History and Theory of Internat
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Corsi per adulti / università popolare > Materiali per l'autoapprendimento generico; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri; European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, HISTORY / Europe / General, LAW / Legal History, LAW / International, LAW / Public, Legal History, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Treaties & Other Sources Of International Law, Public international law: treaties and other sources