Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Selected table of cases
- List of abbreviations
- Table of engagements
- Introduction
- Part I The historical and social context of international territorial administration
- Part II The practice of international territorial administration: a retrospective
- Introduction
- 6 International territorial administration as a means of dispute settlement - the post-war experiments of the League of Nations and the United Nations
- 7 From the post-war period to the end of the Cold War: the use of international territorial administration as an ad hoc device
- 8 The systematisation of international governance
- 9 The “light footprint” and beyond
- 10 A conceptualisation of the practice
- Part III The foundations of international territorial administration
- Part IV A typology of legal problems arising within the context of international territorial administration
- Part V International territorial administration at the verge of the twenty-first century: achievements, challenges and lessons learned
- Bibliography
- Index
- CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW
10 - A conceptualisation of the practice
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Selected table of cases
- List of abbreviations
- Table of engagements
- Introduction
- Part I The historical and social context of international territorial administration
- Part II The practice of international territorial administration: a retrospective
- Introduction
- 6 International territorial administration as a means of dispute settlement - the post-war experiments of the League of Nations and the United Nations
- 7 From the post-war period to the end of the Cold War: the use of international territorial administration as an ad hoc device
- 8 The systematisation of international governance
- 9 The “light footprint” and beyond
- 10 A conceptualisation of the practice
- Part III The foundations of international territorial administration
- Part IV A typology of legal problems arising within the context of international territorial administration
- Part V International territorial administration at the verge of the twenty-first century: achievements, challenges and lessons learned
- Bibliography
- Index
- CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW
Summary
A study of the evolution of transitional administration in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries confirms that the practice of territorial administration has developed in historical cycles. Throughout this evolution, international territorial administration has taken on different forms and functions.
Models of administration
One may distinguish between at least three different models of governance: direct and indirect models of territorial administration, exclusive and shared forms of authority and governance systems established by consent and by unilateral acts.
Direct v. indirect administration
Most engagements in international territorial administration throughout the twentieth century have been direct forms of governance and assistance, in the sense that they were carried out by organs or subsidiary organs of international organisations, or by institutions directly appointed by the latter (direct international territorial administration).
Forms of direct international territorial administration
The first high tide of the technique of direct international territorial administration was the inter-war period. The League of Nations exercised concrete governing or administering powers over territories placed under its scrutiny. The governing institutions of the three main undertakings in territorial administration at that time, the High Commissioner for Danzig, the Governing Commission for the Saar Territory and the transitional Governing Commission for Leticia, were directly appointed by the League of Nations. The Council of the League of Nations itself served as a monitoring organ for individual petitions in the Saar, and as an instance of appeal against decisions of the High Commissioner in Danzig.
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- The Law and Practice of International Territorial AdministrationVersailles to Iraq and Beyond, pp. 395 - 412Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008