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Over recent decades, the responsability 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 responsability under international law of former colonial States is adressed. Such a legal responsability 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-States actors mainly used cession and protectorate treaties to acquire territorial sovereignty (impreium) and property rights over land (dominium). The question is raised whether Europeans did or did not on as systematic scale breach these treaties in the context of the acquisition of territory and the expansion of empire, manly through extending sovereignty rights and, subsequently, intervening in the internal affairs of African political entities

Africa, Sub-Saharan --- Land tenure --- Sovereignty --- State sovereignty (International relations) --- International law --- Political science --- Common heritage of mankind (International law) --- International relations --- Self-determination, National --- Agrarian tenure --- Feudal tenure --- Freehold --- Land ownership --- Land question --- Landownership --- Tenure of land --- Land use, Rural --- Real property --- Land, Nationalization of --- Landowners --- Serfdom --- International status --- History --- Law and legislation --- Africa, Black --- Africa, Subsaharan --- Africa, Tropical --- Africa South of the Sahara --- Black Africa --- Sub-Sahara Africa --- Sub-Saharan Africa --- Subsahara Africa --- Subsaharan Africa --- Tropical Africa --- Colonization --- Africa, Sub-Saharan - International status - History - 19th century --- Africa, Sub-Saharan - International status - History - 20th century --- Land tenure - Law and legislation - Africa, Sub-Saharan - History - 19th century --- Land tenure - Law and legislation - Africa, Sub-Saharan - History - 20th century --- Sovereignty - History - 19th century --- Sovereignty - History - 20th century --- Statut International --- XIXe-XXe s., 1801-2000 --- Régime foncier --- Droit --- Législation --- Souveraineté --- Colonisation --- Afrique subsaharienne --- Africa, Sub-Saharan - Colonization - Case studies