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Phasing out the colonial status of Greenland, 1945-54 : a historical study /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Copenhagen, Denmark :
Museum Tusculanum Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Meddelelser om Grønland ;
Volume 347. Meddelelser om Grønland. Man & society ; Volume 37. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front cover ; Title page ; Colophone ; Contents ; 1 · Introduction; 2 · Greenland and Denmark before 1945 (Erik Beukel); Introduction; Greenland as a Danish colony; The aura surrounding this vulnerable colony; The monopoly; Consensus; Relationships with other countries: Vulnerable sovereignty; Greenland between North America and Europe: World War II; In the shadow of World War II: American considerations and proposals; The US, Greenland, and Denmark after 9 April; Kauffmann's Greenland agreement; Two Danish perspectives: Brun and Kauffmann; World War II as a turning point.
- 3 · The Greenland issue
- sovereignty, self-determination and dependence (Erik Beukel) Introduction; Sovereignty; Sovereignty as a fundamental norm; Changes in the rules of sovereignty; National right of self-determination; Origin and development; The UN Charter and the right of self-determination in practice; Factors governing dependence: National security policy and economics; After liberation; Denmark and the US in NATO; Economic dependence; Conclusion; 4 · The international context: The decolonisation process in the UN (Erik Beukel); Introduction; Normative framework.
- The initial germinationThe UN Charter; The US and decolonisation; Organisational framework; An organisational apparatus?; Establishing an organisational apparatus: From an ad hoc committee to the Committee on Information; A wider scope; Mists of factors; Closing remarks; 5 · The development of international law concerning decolonisation and selfdetermination (Jens Elo Rytter) ; Introduction; On the development of international law in general, especially the conditions for the formation of customary law.
- On colonial self-determination, the territorial integrity of states, and the rights of minoritiesThe establishment of colonial self-determination as a norm of international law; Self-determination prior to 1945; Self-determination and decolonisation under the UN Charter; After 1945: The General Assembly proclaims the right of colonies to self-determination; When was the right of colonies to self-determination established as a norm of international law?; Requirements concerning the implementation of colonial self-determination (around 1953-1954).
- The colonial regime in Chapter XI of the UN Charter
- the obligation to report to the Secretary-GeneralAfter 1945: The General Assembly attempts to extend the authority of the UN based on Chapter XI; An informed and democratic process; The option of choosing independence; What principles of international law applied in 1953-1954 to the implementation of the right of self-determination?; Evaluating the process of Greenland's integration with Denmark in 1953-1954; Greenland's integration and General Assembly Resolution 849; Gudmundur Alfredsson's critique.