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Palestine, Uti Possidetis Juris and the Borders of Israel

2016; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês

10.2139/ssrn.2745094

1556-5068

Abraham Bell, Eugene Kontorovich,

African history and culture analysis

Israel's borders and territorial scope are a source of seemingly endless debate. Remarkably, despite the intensity of the debates, little attention has been paid to relevance of the doctrine of uti possidetis juris to resolving legal aspects of the border dispute. Uti possidetis juris is widely acknowledged as the doctrine of customary international law that is central to determining territorial sovereignty in the era of decolonization. The doctrine provides that emerging states presumptively inherit their pre-independence administrative boundaries.