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Determining Boundaries in a Conflicted World: The Role of Uti Possidetis. By Suzanne N. Lalonde. Montreal, Ithaca NY: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002. Pp. xii, 347. Index. U.S.$75, Can$75, £57.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Marcelo G. Kohen
Marcelo G. Kohen*
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Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 98 , Issue 2 , April 2004 , pp. 379 - 383
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12 On the de facto interpretation, preeminence is given to actual possession. On the de jure interpretation, it is the legal title that prevails.

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