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Informationen zum Autor Marcelo Kohen is Professor of International Law at the Institut de Droit InternationalThe late Sir Robert Yewdall Jennings (1913-2004) became a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge in 1939, and was appointed as the Whewell Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge in 1955. He resigned from this chair in 1982 when he was elected as a judge of the International Court of Justice where he served until his retirement in 1995. He was President of the Court from 1991 to 1994. Klappentext A timely reissue of a classic text in international law, featuring a new introduction from Professor Marcelo G. Kohen of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.A timely reissue of a classic text in international law, featuring a new introduction from Professor Marcelo G. Kohen of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis New Introduction by Marcelo G. Kohen I. Territorial ChangeThe Nature of Territorial SovereigntyThe Meaning of TitleThe Procedures of Territorial ChangeBoundary DisputesConclusions II. The Modes of AcquisitionCessionOccupation and PrescriptionHistorical Consolidation of TitleIntertemporal LawThe Critical DateConclusions III. Recognition, Acquiescence and EstoppelEstoppelEstoppel and RecognitionEstoppel and AcquiescenceThe Temple Case IV. Title and Unlawful ForceForcible Self-helpConclusionsV. Legal Claims and Political ClaimsPolitical Claim or Legal Title?Geographical ConsiderationsHistorical ContinuitySelf-determinationProcedures for Political Decisions Respecting Territory AppendixIndex
List of contents
New Introduction by Marcelo G. KohenI. Territorial Change
The Nature of Territorial Sovereignty
The Meaning of Title
The Procedures of Territorial Change
Boundary Disputes
ConclusionsII. The Modes of Acquisition
Cession
Occupation and Prescription
Historical Consolidation of Title
Intertemporal Law
The Critical Date
ConclusionsIII. Recognition, Acquiescence and Estoppel
Estoppel
Estoppel and Recognition
Estoppel and Acquiescence
The Temple CaseIV. Title and Unlawful Force
Forcible Self-help
Conclusions
V. Legal Claims and Political Claims
Political Claim or Legal Title?
Geographical Considerations
Historical Continuity
Self-determination
Procedures for Political Decisions Respecting TerritoryAppendix
Index
