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Determining Boundaries in a Conflicted World: The Role of Uti Possidetis. By Suzanne N. Lalonde. Montreal, Ithaca NY: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002. Pp. xii, 347. Index. U.S.$75, Can$75, £57.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Marcelo G. Kohen*
Affiliation:
Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva

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References

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11 Frontier Dispute (Burk. Faso/Mali), 1986 ICJ Rep. 554 (Dec. 22)Google Scholar.

12 On the de facto interpretation, preeminence is given to actual possession. On the de jure interpretation, it is the legal title that prevails.

13 Conference on Yugoslavia, Arbitration Commission, Opinion Nos. 1-7 (Jan. 11, 1992), 8-10 (July 4,1992), reprinted in 31 ILM 1488 (1992)Google Scholar.

14 In Démembrements d’Etats et délimitations territoriales, supra note 3, see “L’application de l’ uti possidetis juris au démembrement de la Yougoslavie: règie coutumière ou impératif politique?” by Barbara Delcourtand “Heurs et malheurs du principe de 1’ uti possidetis: le cas du démembrement de l’U.R.S.S.” by Laurence Weerts.

15 Steven, R. Ratner, Drawing a Better Line: Uti Possidetis and the Borders of New States, 90 AJIL 590, 617 (1996)Google Scholar.