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“They Made a Desert and Called it Peace”: Banishment and the Royal Prerogative

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2001

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In R. (Bancoult) v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2001] 2 W.L.R. 1219 a former resident of the British Indian Ocean Territory (“BIOT”) successfully challenged the lawfulness of banishment from his own country.

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Copyright © Cambridge Law Journal and Contributors 2001

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