TY - BOOK ID - 85722280 TI - The acquisition of Africa (1870-1914) : the nature of international law PY - 2016 SN - 9004321195 9004319131 9789004319134 9789004319134 PB - Boston : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Africa, Sub-Saharan KW - Land tenure KW - Sovereignty KW - State sovereignty (International relations) KW - International law KW - Political science KW - Common heritage of mankind (International law) KW - International relations KW - Self-determination, National KW - Agrarian tenure KW - Feudal tenure KW - Freehold KW - Land ownership KW - Land question KW - Landownership KW - Tenure of land KW - Land use, Rural KW - Real property KW - Land, Nationalization of KW - Landowners KW - Serfdom KW - International status KW - History KW - Law and legislation KW - Africa, Black KW - Africa, Subsaharan KW - Africa, Tropical KW - Africa South of the Sahara KW - Black Africa KW - Sub-Sahara Africa KW - Sub-Saharan Africa KW - Subsahara Africa KW - Subsaharan Africa KW - Tropical Africa KW - Colonization KW - Africa, Sub-Saharan - International status - History - 19th century KW - Africa, Sub-Saharan - International status - History - 20th century KW - Land tenure - Law and legislation - Africa, Sub-Saharan - History - 19th century KW - Land tenure - Law and legislation - Africa, Sub-Saharan - History - 20th century KW - Sovereignty - History - 19th century KW - Sovereignty - History - 20th century KW - Statut International KW - XIXe-XXe s., 1801-2000 KW - Régime foncier KW - Droit KW - Législation KW - Souveraineté KW - Colonisation KW - Afrique subsaharienne KW - Africa, Sub-Saharan - Colonization - Case studies UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85722280 AB - 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. ER -