Chapter 7. Sovereignty in Sequence: Law, Time, and Decolonization

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Maps xiv
5. The life and death of states xvii
6. Introduction. Making a World of States 1
7. Chapter 1. Constitution as Archive: Drafting the Empire, 1848–1860s 28
8. Chapter 2. The Secret Science of Dual Sovereignty: 1867 and After 56
9. Chapter 3. Fictional States: Lands and Nations 103
10. Chapter 4. Pure Theory: Jellinek and Kelsen Reinvent Legal Philosophy 141
11. Chapter 5. What Is a New State? 1919 in the History of the Austro-Hungarian Empire 181
12. Chapter 6. State Birth at the Frontier of Knowledge: Reimagining International Law from Postimperial Vienna 217
13. Chapter 7. Sovereignty in Sequence: Law, Time, and Decolonization 255
14. Conclusion. The Temporal Life of States 283
15. Notes 291
16. Index 385