Self-Determination in Disputed Colonial Territories

Jamie Trinidad

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781108418188
• eBook ISBN: 9781108307789
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: International Law
• Index: Law

Self-Determination in Disputed Colonial Territories addresses the relationship between self-determination and territorial integrity in some of the most difficult decolonization cases in international law. It investigates historical cases, such as Hong Kong and the French and Portuguese territories in India, as well as cases that remain very much alive today, such as the Western Sahara, Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands and the Chagos Islands. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of colonial territories that are, or have been, the subject of adverse third-party claims, invariably by their neighbouring states. Self-Determination in Disputed Colonial Territories takes a contextual, historical approach to mapping the existing law and will be of interest to international lawyers, as well as scholars of international relations and students of the history of decolonization.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series page
• Title page
• Imprints page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Table of Cases
• Table of Treaties
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Territorial Integrity and the Limits of Self-Determination: Paragraph 6 of the Colonial Declaration
• 3 Territorial Integrity, Irredentist Claims, and the Identification of Self-Determination Units in State Practice
• 4 Is There a ‘Colonial Enclaves’ Exception to the Self-Determination Rule?
• 5 Overall Conclusions
• Appendix: Quantitative Analysis of the Terms ‘Colonial Enclaves’ (English), ‘Enclaves Coloniales’ (Spanish), and ‘Enclaves Coloniales’ (French)
• Bibliography
• Index
• Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law