1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783403403321

Autore

Lalonde Suzanne

Titolo

Determining boundaries in a conflicted world : the role of uti possidetis / / Suzanne Lalonde

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montréal : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2002

©2002

ISBN

1-282-86067-4

9786612860676

0-7735-7049-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 347 pages)

Disciplina

341.4/2

Soggetti

Uti possidetis (International law)

Boundary disputes

Québec (Province) Boundaries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-339) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The origins of uti possidetis Uti possidetis in Latin America Post-1918 Europe and the Near East Africa The doctrine on the stability of boundries Yugoslavia and Quebec

Sommario/riassunto

"In 1992, when Yugoslavia was on the point of disintegration, the Badinter Commission recommended that the issue of its boundaries be resolved according to the principle of uti possidetis: the internal boundaries dividing the former Yugoslav Republics should automatically become the international boundaries of the new states." "In Determining Boundaries in a Conflicted World Suzanne Lalonde examines the origins of the uti possidetis principle, its evolution and colonial roots as well as more recent applications, to determine whether it merits the overriding importance now attributed to it. She argues that nothing justifies conferring such a binding status on the principle and that the uti possidetis applied in Yugoslavia was an entirely new version that can derive no legitimacy from colonial precedents. While the doctrine may have considerably utility in some cases, it is only one principle among many that must be considered if future disputes are to be resolved so as to promote long term peace



and stability. Lalonde sounds a cautionary note, showing that the idea that uti possidetis provides a one-size-fits-all, legally incontestable solution to all territorial disputes is an illusion."--Jacket

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793555803321

Titolo

The Ottoman Twilight in the Arab Lands : Turkish Memoirs and Testimonies of the Great War / / Selim Deringil

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, MA : , : Academic Studies Press, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

1-61811-959-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 pages)

Collana

Ottoman and Turkish Studies

Disciplina

940.30917/4927

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918

World War, 1914-1918 - Turkey

World War, 1914-1918 - Middle East

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Aspects of the Ottoman Twilight -- Chapter 1. Falih Rıfkı Atay -- Chapter 2. Hüseyin Kazım Kadri -- Chapter 3. Ali Fuad Erden -- Chapter 4. Münevver Ayaşlı -- Chapter 5. Naci Kaşif Kıcıman -- Conclusion. The Atrak and the Arabs -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Great War is still seen as a mostly European war. The Middle Eastern theater is, at best, considered a sideshow written from the western perspective. This book fills an important gap in the literature by giving an insight through annotated translations from five Ottoman memoirs, previously not available in English, of actors who witnessed the last few years of Turkish presence in the Arab lands. It provides the historical background to many of the crises in the Middle East today, such as the Arab-Israeli confrontation, the conflict-ridden emergence of Syria and Lebanon, the struggle over the holy places of Islam in the Hejaz, and the mutual prejudices of Arabs and Turks about each other.