Boundaries and Secession in Africa and International Law : Challenging Uti Possidetis (Hardcover)

Introduction; Part I. The African Territorial Regime: 1. The Frontier Dispute case and applying uti possidetis to Africa; 2. The rule of intangibility of inherited frontiers; 3. The conventional obligation to respect the territorial status quo; 4. The customary rule of respecting the territorial status quo; 5. The changes made in international law by the African custom; Part II. Towards an Exception to the African Rule Against Secession: 6. Current justifications for secession in Africa; 7. Domination as a possible instance for a right to external self-determination; 8. Towards a right to egalitarian self-determination; 9. Conclusion.