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This timely research review discusses key articles dealing with the importance of territory for international law in its relationship with power, state building and globalization. The collection also analyses the evolution and scope of the law of acquisition of territory from colonial times until today, the emergence of new areas for the territorial expansion of states and border delimitation rules. Finally, the review investigates the impact of the human dimension in the way international law addresses territorial issues, particularly the individual and collective human rights, including indigenous peoples and the right to self-determination.

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Author:   Marcelo G. Kohen
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Volume:   11
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9781783472383

ISBN 10:   1783472383
Pages:   704
Publication Date:   25 March 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
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Contents: Introduction Marcelo G. Kohen PART I TERRITORIALITY: A KEY FACTOR IN INTERNATIONAL LAW AND RELATIONS 1. Jean Gottmann (1973), 'The People and Their Territory: The Partitioning of the World', in The Significance of Territory, Chapter 1, Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1-15 2. M.N. Shaw (1982), 'Territory in International Law', Netherlands Yearbook of International Law, 13, December, 61-91 3. Miles Kahler (2006), 'Territoriality and Conflict in an Era of Globalization', in Miles Kahler and Barbara F. Walter (eds), Territoriality and Conflict in an Era of Globalization, Chapter 1, Cambridge, UK and New York: NY: Cambridge University Press, 1-21, references PART II THE EVOLUTION AND SCOPE OF THE LAW OF ACQUISITION OF TERRITORY 4. Marcelo G. Kohen and Mamadou Hebie (2012), 'Territory, Acquisition', in Rudiger Wolfrum (ed.), The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Vol. IX, Oxford, UK and New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 887-900 5. A.L.W. Munkman (1972-73), 'Adjudication and Adjustment - International Judicial Decision and the Settlement of Territorial Boundary Disputes', British Yearbook of International Law, 46, 1-116 6. Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte (1935), 'Discovery, Symbolic Annexation and Virtual Effectiveness in International Law', American Journal of International Law, 29 (3), July, 448-71 7. Philip C. Jessup (1928), 'The Palmas Island Arbitration', American Journal of International Law, 22 (4), October, 735-52 8. Marcelo Kohen (2013), 'Original Title in the Light of the ICJ Judgment on Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge', Journal of the History of International Law, 15 (2), 151-71 9. D.H.N. Johnson (1950), 'Acquisitive Prescription in International Law', British Yearbook of International Law, 27, 332-54 10. Georg Schwarzenberger (1957), 'Title to Territory: Response to a Challenge', American Journal of International Law, 51 (2), April, 308-24 11. Roger O'Keefe (2011), 'Legal Title versus Effectivites: Prescription and the Promise and Problems of Private Law Analogies', International Community Law Review, 13 (1-2), 147-88 PART III THE EMERGENCE OF NEW AREAS FOR TERRITORIAL EXPANSION 12. W. Lakhtine (1930), 'Rights over the Arctic', American Journal of International Law, 24 (4), October, 703-17 13. Benedetto Conforti (1986), 'Territorial Claims in Antarctica: A Modern Way to Deal with an Old Problem', Cornell International Law Journal, 19, 249-58 14. Hans Kelsen (1956), 'Contiguity as a Title to Territorial Sovereignty', in Walter Schatzel and Hans-Jurgen Schlochauer (eds), Rechtsfragen der Internationalen Organisation: Festschrift fur Hans Wehberg zu seinem 70. Geburstag, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany: Vittorio Klostermann, 200-210 PART IV THE DELIMITATION OF THE TERRITORIAL DOMAIN OF STATES 15. Ian Brownlie (2002), 'Boundary Problems and the Formation of New States', in David Freestone, Surya Subedi and Scott Davidson (eds), Contemporary Issues in International Law: A Collection of the Josephine Onoh Memorial Lectures, The Netherlands, Holland and Boston, MA: Kluwer Law International, 185-95 16. Santiago Torres Bernardez (1994), 'The Uti Possidetis Juris Principle in Historical Perspective', in Konrad Ginther, Gerhard Hafner, Winfried Lang, Hanspeter Neuhold and Lilly Sucharipa-Behrmann and Karl Zemanek (eds), Voelkerrecht zwischen normativen Anspruch und politischer Realitat: Festschrift fur Karl Zemanek zum 65. Geburtstag, Berlin, Germany: Duncker and Humblot, 417-37 17. Steven R. Ratner (1996), 'Drawing a Better Line: UTI Possidetis and the Borders of New States', American Journal of International Law, 90 (4), October, 590-624 18. Kaiyan Homi Kaikobad (1983), 'Some Observations on the Doctrine of Continuity and Finality of Boundaries', British Yearbook of International Law, 54 (1), 119-41 PART V THE HUMAN DIMENSION: BETWEEN THE RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND THE RIGHT OF PEOPLES TO SELF-DETERMINATION 19. S.K.N. Blay (1986), 'Self-Determination versus Territorial Integrity in Decolonization', New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, 18, 441-72 20. Katherine Del Mar (2013), 'The Myth of Remedial Secession', in Duncan French (ed.), Statehood and Self-Determination: Reconciling Tradition and Modernity in International Law, Chapter 3, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 79-108 21. Marcelo Kohen and Mara Tignino (2013), 'Do Peoples have Rights in Boundaries' Delimitations?', in Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Christina Leb and Mara Tignino (eds), International Law and Freshwater: The Multiples Challenges, Chapter 6, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 95-122 PART VI THE USE OF FORCE AND ITS IMPACT FOR TERRITORIAL CHANGE 22. Adam Roberts (1984), 'What is Military Occupation?', British Yearbook of International Law, 55 (1), 249-305 23. Yehuda Z. Blum (1968), 'The Missing Reversioner: Reflections on the Status of Judea and Samaria', Israel Law Review, 3 (2), 279-301 PART VII CONCLUSION: IS TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY OBSOLETE? 24. Marcelo G. Kohen (2000), 'Is the Notion of Territorial Sovereignty Obsolete?', in Martin Pratt and Janet Allison-Brown (eds), Borderlands under Stress, Chapter 3, Dordrecht, Germany: Kluwer Law International, 35-47 [13] Index

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Edited by Marcelo G. Kohen, Professor of International Law, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland and Member of the Institute of International Law

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