Legal Status of Humankind in International Law

Milanov, Aleksandar Slavkov

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1517623

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Legal Status of Humankind in International Law

Aleksandar Slavkov Milanov

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

December 3, 2009

Abstract:
This article investigates the international legal status of humankind. It briefly describes what is humankind and tries to give an explanation of the bond between a human-being and humankind. The article compares this bond with another important relationship of a person to the state - citizenship.

The article provides arguments for the necessity of establishing an authority of humankind and future recognition of humankind as an above-national subject of law.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 7

Keywords: humankind, mankind, humanity, subject of international law, international legal status, egregor

JEL Classification: K33, K30, Z00

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Date posted: December 4, 2009 ; Last revised: May 8, 2013

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Milanov, Aleksandar Slavkov, Legal Status of Humankind in International Law (December 3, 2009). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1517623 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1517623

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