Acquisition of Territory in International Law

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.

'Unbelievably easy to read. Elegant and perceptive, The Acquisition of Territory examines the major issues relating to the acquisition of territory in international law in a stimulating, easily digestible yet enormously profound way.'Malcolm N. Shaw, University of Leicester

• New Introduction by Marcelo G. KohenI. Territorial ChangeThe Nature of Territorial SovereigntyThe Meaning of TitleThe Procedures of Territorial ChangeBoundary DisputesConclusionsII. The Modes of AcquisitionCessionOccupation and PrescriptionHistorical Consolidation of TitleIntertemporal LawThe Critical DateConclusionsIII. Recognition, Acquiescence and EstoppelEstoppelEstoppel and RecognitionEstoppel and AcquiescenceThe Temple CaseIV. Title and Unlawful ForceForcible Self-helpConclusionsV. Legal Claims and Political ClaimsPolitical Claim or Legal Title?Geographical ConsiderationsHistorical ContinuitySelf-determinationProcedures for Political Decisions Respecting TerritoryAppendixIndex