when the walls of sovereignty are no protection
against the movements of capital, labor,
information and ideas—nor can they provide effective
protection against harm and damage.
Rosalyn Higgins (Higgins, R., 1999, p.82).
There are few terms that we use so frequently but
which are in fact as poorly conceptualized as globalization.
Anthony Giddens (UNRISD, 1996, n.d.)
History has proven that international law, the concept of states and international relations (IR) evolved within the concept of sovereignty. The states have naturally emerged as they turned out to be capable of solving various problems faced by different groups of people within different societies. It has also turned out to be
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