HIST 333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Jim Crow Laws, Labour Law, Arms Trafficking
5 Sep 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Discuss the universal declaration of human rights -- prime document. Inter-war period o o o o o o. Magnet for people with all sorts of causes. Reinforced domestic reform -- labor legislation (sent people to geneva) Introduces a new notion of sovereignty new definition- saying in some context that the state is no longer sovereign in its domestic jurisdiction. Arenas of international jurisdiction that infringe on domestic jurisdiction. Ex: minority treaties, mandates, creation of new states (poland, They need to agree to defend minority rights within self- determination to become poland (invention/principle how do you govern empires- on what basis; what is the justification of governing peoples) Language and religion - two international principles that have redrawn the map. Picked up by colonial peoples who have been unjustly commanded over by powers. Why not extend so that the notion of partial rights becomes less and less popular o. Establish a system that reinforces colonialism and expands.
