Great Britain and the Law of Nations: A Selection of Documents Illustrating the Views of the Government in the United Kingdom upon Matters of International Law. Volume I: States.

1933 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 281
Author(s):  
Philip C. Jessup ◽  
Herbert Arthur Smith
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
International Law ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Law Of Nations ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Government ◽  
Selection Of

In the Matter of the Claim of Madame Chevreau Against the United Kingdom

1933 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beichmann
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
International Law ◽  
Martial Law ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Armed Resistance ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right

Great Britain and her Allies were at war with Germany and Turkey, but not with Russia orPersia, and martial law had not been proclaimed in Persian territory occupied with permission of the government by the British troops. The latter, however, met with armed resistance from certain local inhabitants and hostile bands of brigands under Russian Bolshevist leadership. Under these circumstances the British forces in Persia had the right totake the necessary measures to protect themselves against acts harmful to their operations or favorable to the enemy, a right which in general, according to international law,belongs to belligerent forces occupying enemy territory.

The Status of the Disputed Waters Surrounding Gibraltar

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 701-718
Author(s):  
Gino Naldi
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
International Law ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Law

Abstract The long-standing dispute between Spain and the United Kingdom over the British overseas territory of Gibraltar was characterized in 2012 by repeated Spanish incursions into Gibraltar’s territorial sea. Spain claims these waters as Spanish historic waters that were never ceded to Great Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht 1713, and therefore insists that Gibraltar has no territorial sea. The United Kingdom maintains that Gibraltar’s entitlement to a territorial sea is in keeping with international law. Although the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht are open to interpretation, the Spanish position does not appear to be compatible with the law of the sea.

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