TY  - BOOK
AU  - Linden,Mieke van der
TI  - The acquisition of Africa (1870-1914): the nature of international law 
T2  - Legal history library,
SN  - 9789004321199
AV  - KZ4540 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Africa, Sub-Saharan
KW  - International status
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Land tenure
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Sovereignty
KW  - Souveraineté
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 19e siècle
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - Colonization
KW  - LAW / Legal History
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Afrique subsaharienne
KW  - Colonisation
KW  - Études de cas
KW  - Sub-Saharan Africa
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Tilburg University, 2014); Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- New Imperialism: Imperium, Dominium and Responsibility under International Law -- Dominium -- Imperium -- Territorium et Titulus -- British Nigeria -- French Equatorial Africa -- German Cameroon -- Ex facto ius oritur? -- A Reflection on the Nature of International Law: Redressing the Illegality of Africa's Colonization -- Evaluative Summary and Conclusion -- Chronological List of Treaties and Other Agreements -- Case Laws -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - Over recent decades, the responsibility for the past actions of the European colonial powers in relation to their former colonies has been subject to a lively debate. In this book, the question of the responsibility under international law of former colonial States is addressed. Such a legal responsibility would presuppose the violation of the international law that was applicable at the time of colonization. In the 'Scramble for Africa' during the Age of New Imperialism (1870-1914), European States and non-State actors mainly used cession and protectorate treaties to acquire territorial sovereignty (imperium) and property rights over land (dominium). The question is raised whether Europeans did or did not on a systematic scale breach these treaties in the context of the acquisition of territory and the expansion of empire, mainly through extending sovereignty rights and, subsequently, intervening in the internal affairs of African political entities
UR  - https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctv2gjx0ns
ER  -