INTLSTD 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: George S. Benson, Rome Statute Of The International Criminal Court
26 Jan 2017
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June 23, 2016 the referendum on great britain leaving the european union passed by a vote of 52% in favor. Legally equal entities none of them has authorities over the other: recognize as existing political units. Internal and external sovereignty: control over what happens inside their borders. Main point: the sovereign state system helps to solve some issues in world politics, while making it harder to solve others. States - the fundamental political units of modern world politics. States have internal autonomy with a monopoly on the legitimate use of force. States are legally equal, with external autonomy. States respect one another"s territorial integrity and have boundaries. In reality, internal and external autonomy of states have often been compromised. Currently, 193 states are members of the united nations: south sudan is the most recent member as of july 14, 2011.
