Why do states have territorial rights?

International Theory

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-213

  Stilz, Anna ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

boundaries; global justice; Kant; Locke; political authority; territory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952567492     PISSN: 17529719     EISSN: 17529727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1752971909000104     Document Type: Article

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