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Surpassing the Sovereign State: The Wealth, Self-Rule, and Security Advantages of Partially Independent Territories. By David A. Rezvani. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. Pp. ix, 387. Index. $99, £60.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Hurst Hannum
Hurst Hannum*
Affiliation:
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Tufts University
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 109 , Issue 2 , April 2015 , pp. 452 - 455
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2015

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1 Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, GA Res. 1514 (XV), para. 3 (Dec. 14, 1960).

2 Whether or not one finds the PIT designation persuasive, Hong Kong clearly does possess a very high degree of autonomy or self-governance compared to many other similarly styled regions.

3 In fairness, it should be noted that Rezvani does observe that “PITs themselves vary in significant ways” (p. 98), but this statement hardly clarifies the discussion.