TY - BOOK AU - Aubert,Julien AU - Prost,Yannick TI - Julien Aubert and Yannick Prost: Tectonic Modeling of International Public Law PY - 2008///. N1 - 63 N2 - Great legal traditions have shaped international law; they have also characterized major geopolitical units. These major legal systems struggle within international law, fighting or ignoring one another with a movement similar to tectonic plates—these plates keep sliding over the “magma of power.” The “schizo-American,” the “Kanto-European,” and the “Sino-sovereignist” plates are different from each other because of their conceptions of sovereignty. However, the confrontation of these plates will determine a changing international system in the 21st century. Within this context, the Kanto-European plate seems to be the most fragile UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-politique-etrangere-2008-1-page-133?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080 ER -