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Boundaries and secession in Africa and international law : challenging Uti Possidetis

Title
Boundaries and secession in Africa and international law : challenging Uti Possidetis / Dirdeiry M. Ahmed.
Author
Ahmed, Dirdeiry M., 1957-
Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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Description
xxviii, 292 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Subject
  • Self-determination, National > Africa
  • Customary law, International > Africa
  • Uti possidetis (International law)
  • Boundaries
  • State succession
  • LAW / International
  • Customary law, International
  • Africa > Boundaries > Law and legislation
  • Africa
Note
  • Based on author's thesis (Doctoral - University of Leicesester, 2013) under title: The African territorial regime : establishing its customary existence and arguing for its augmentation by a right to egalitarian secession
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-281) and index.
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.
Call Number
Sc E 16-811
ISBN
  • 9781107117983 (hardback)
  • 1107117984 (hardback)
LCCN
2015022571
OCLC
910914879
Author
Ahmed, Dirdeiry M., 1957- author.
Title
Boundaries and secession in Africa and international law : challenging Uti Possidetis / Dirdeiry M. Ahmed.
Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-281) and index.
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Sc E 16-811
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