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Is there a future for the principle of self-determination in international law in the post-colonial world? Ever since the principle of self-determination entered the lexicon of international politics during World War 1 the precise meaning
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International Law 1 (257) Assessed Coursework Naveed Ahmed Is there a future for the principle of self-determination in international law in the post-colonial world? Ever since the principle of self-determination entered the lexicon of international politics during World War 1 the precise meaning and scope of this elusive concept has been the subject of inexorable debate.1 For whilst the idea lends itself to simple formulation in words which have a semblance of universal applicability and perhaps of revolutionary slogans when the time has come to put it into operation it has turned out to be a complex matter circumvented by limitations and caveats.2 At its most basic level "self-determination is the idea of a community's right to control its own future, and thus physically survive and prosper in fullest extent possible."3 It is correct to suggest that the concept of self-determination was originally viewed as a political ideal rather than...
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