The agreements legally limited the practical sovereignty of new states.
Evidence
Pierre Villon noted how in the economic, monetary and financial fields the agreements tended ‘to limit in practice a sovereignty recognised by the law. The agreement allows for the sale of strategic raw materials to countries other than France to be limited. Furthermore, the right to make trade, financial and customs agreements with any third countries is considerably reduced by the preferential regime and the obligation to consult with France, given the means of pressure that our country has vis-à-vis these young states.’ — Fanny Pigeaud_ Ndongo Samba Sylla, Africa’s Last Colonial Currency, 90
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Cooperation agreements stripped new states of sovereign control over key sectors. — Fanny Pigeaud_ Ndongo Samba Sylla, Africa’s Last Colonial Currency, 86; State sovereignty is defined and limited by existing international rules. — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 522; New states become automatically bound by international law without consenting to it. — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 528 (+3 more)
Related
- Cooperation agreements stripped new states of sovereign control over key sectors. (similarity 0.91)
- State sovereignty is defined and limited by existing international rules. (similarity 0.83)
- Decolonization was conditioned on new states honoring contracts made without their consent. (similarity 0.80)
- New states become automatically bound by international law without consenting to it. (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- States gain global influence only by surrendering some sovereignty
#corroborates(0.78) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 183 - New states become automatically bound by international law without consenting to it.
#corroborates(0.75) — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 528 - State sovereignty is constituted by the nation-state system, not prior to it
#complicates(0.72) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 172 - State sovereignty is defined and limited by existing international rules.
#corroborates(0.60) — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 522