Boundaries and secession in Africa and international law : challenging uti possidetis /
This book challenges a central assumption of the international law of territory. The author argues that, contrary to the finding in the Frontier Dispute, uti possidetis is not a general principle of law enjoining states to preserve pre-existing boundaries on state succession. The book demonstrates t...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambrdige, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- The Frontier Dispute case and applying uti possidetis to africa
- The rule of intangibility of inherited frontiers
- The conventional obligation to respect the territorial status quo
- The customary rule of respecting the territorial status quoce
- The changes made in international law by the African custom
- Current justifications for secession in Africa
- Domination as a possible instance for a right to external self-determination
- Towards a right to egalitarian self-determination
- Conclusion.
