Territorial Status in International Law

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This book develops a new theory of territorialism and international legal status of territories. It (i) defines the concept of territory, explaining how territories are created; (ii) redefines the concept of statehood, illustrating that statehood (rather than the statehood criteria) is territorial legal status established in the formal sources of international law; and (iii) grounds non-state territorial entities in the sources of international law to explain their international legal status. This fresh new theoretical perspective has both scholarly and practical importance, providing a tool helping decision-makers and judges in the practical application of international law both internationally and domestically.

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Jure Vidmar is Chair of Public International Law at the Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, the Netherlands, and Senior Visiting Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, USA.