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Canton of Valais v. Canton of Tessin

Switzerland.  02 July 1980 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Territory — Boundaries — Tacit agreement — Unilateral recognition — Continuous, effective and uncontested exercise of sovereignty — Critical date — Natural frontiers — Watershed line

Sources of international law — Protest and acquiescence — Estoppel — Acquiescence in boundary dispute

States — Federal States and confederations — Application of international law in dispute between two States within a confederation — Boundary dispute between two Swiss cantons

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Customary international law — Application of international law in disputes between Swiss cantons — The law of Switzerland

Type
Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1987

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