Book contents
- International Leviathans
- Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law: 198
- International Leviathans
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Sovereignty, Political Authority and Accountability
- 3 Countries under Trust – The Mandate System and the Trusteeship Council
- 4 The League of Nations’ Experiments at International Administration
- 5 Unfulfilled Mandates – Analysing United Nations Peace Missions
- 6 The Civilian Administration of the Congo
- 7 Practices of Sovereignty in Kosovo
- 8 Practices of Sovereignty in Timor-Leste
- 9 Practices of Sovereignty in Haiti
- Conclusion: Practices of Accountability for a New Era of Interventions
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
3 - Countries under Trust – The Mandate System and the Trusteeship Council
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 May 2026
Book contents
- International Leviathans
- Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law: 198
- International Leviathans
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Sovereignty, Political Authority and Accountability
- 3 Countries under Trust – The Mandate System and the Trusteeship Council
- 4 The League of Nations’ Experiments at International Administration
- 5 Unfulfilled Mandates – Analysing United Nations Peace Missions
- 6 The Civilian Administration of the Congo
- 7 Practices of Sovereignty in Kosovo
- 8 Practices of Sovereignty in Timor-Leste
- 9 Practices of Sovereignty in Haiti
- Conclusion: Practices of Accountability for a New Era of Interventions
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
Summary
Some argue that international administrations are contemporary manifestations of a project which began with the League of Nations Mandate System and the United Nations Trusteeship System. This chapter makes the case that these experiments of colonial administration systems are hardly international administrations, with sovereignty practices resting firmly within the European capitals at the time. If some projects envisionned a bigger role for the international organisations at the time, they were in fine defeated by officials brushing aside the idea of having these organisations play a crucial role in colonial governance. This discussion nevertheless sheds a new light on the specificities of contemporary international administration as a project of global governance.
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- International LeviathansPractices of Sovereignty by International Administrations, pp. 67 - 86Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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