POLI SCI 316 Study Guide - Global Commons, Terra Nullius, International Criminal Law
30 Oct 2014
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Sovereignty as a form of governance that puts the state at the top. States possess the right to control land located within their territorial. Land that is not subject to any territory because of some special status (there are no longer trust territories at this time) As a condition for establishing sovereignty over a territory. A state must prove that there was no other state legally controlling that. If land is not being used or occupied by someone, it is open for the taking. 1885 conference of berlin: declared that the entire african continent was territory by anyone terra nullius. In 1884 at the request of portugal, german chancellor otto von. Bismark convened the major western powers of the world to negotiate questions control of africa. Theoretically, abolishment of the slave trade and humanitarian development was the focus of the conference. Europeans had established colonies all along the african coast and competed for control.
