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Repatriation of Africa: Imperative of the African Union Boundary Programme Within Contemporary International Law and Practice

Oduntan, Gbenga (2011) Repatriation of Africa: Imperative of the African Union Boundary Programme Within Contemporary International Law and Practice. African Journal of Law and Criminology, 1 (1). pp. 140-203. ISSN 2045-8401. (KAR id:28636)

Abstract

“Frontiers are indeed the razors edge on which hangs suspended the modern issues of war and peace, life or death of nations.” Spatial boundaries have ambiguous features: they divide and unite, bind the interior and link it with the exterior, are barriers and junctions, walls and doors, organs of defence and attack and so on. Frontier areas (borderlands) can be managed so as to maximise any of these functions. They can be militarised, as bulwarks against neighbours, or be made into special areas of peaceful interchange. This paper explores the core issues surrounding

Africa national boundaries within the context of national sovereignty and international laws.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled keywords: Africa, Boundary disputes, Partitioning of Africa
Subjects: K Law > K Law (General)
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > Kent Law School
Depositing User: Jenny Harmer
Date Deposited: 30 Jan 2012 12:43 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:06 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/28636 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Oduntan, Gbenga.

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