Determining boundaries in a conflicted world : the role of uti possidetis / Suzanne Lalonde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lalonde, Suzanne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Uti possidetis (International law).

Boundary disputes.

Québec (Province)--Boundaries.

Québec (Province).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 347 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In 1992, when Yugoslavia was on the point of disintegration, the Badinter Commission recommended that the issue of its boundaries be resolved according to the principle of uti possidetis: the internal boundaries dividing the former Yugoslav Republics should automatically become the international boundaries of the new states." "In Determining Boundaries in a Conflicted World Suzanne Lalonde examines the origins of the uti possidetis principle, its evolution and colonial roots as well as more recent applications, to determine whether it merits the overriding importance now attributed to it. She argues that nothing justifies conferring such a binding status on the principle and that the uti possidetis applied in Yugoslavia was an entirely new version that can derive no legitimacy from colonial precedents. While the doctrine may have considerably utility in some cases, it is only one principle among many that must be considered if future disputes are to be resolved so as to promote long term peace and stability. Lalonde sounds a cautionary note, showing that the idea that uti possidetis provides a one-size-fits-all, legally incontestable solution to all territorial disputes is an illusion."--Jacket

Contents:

The origins of uti possidetis Uti possidetis in Latin America Post-1918 Europe and the Near East Africa The doctrine on the stability of boundries Yugoslavia and Quebec

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-339) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86067-4

9786612860676

0-7735-7049-7

OCLC:

929120662