The Doctrine of Occupation through “&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Terra Nullius&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;” as a Right of Self-Determination of Peoples and the Legal Status of “Liberland” Territory under International Law
Journal: Beijing Law Review
Year: 2022

There has been much written about the legality of peoples’ right to self-determination, particularly the external aspect that involves the secession of a state or the formation of a new state through the landmass division of an existing state. This article departs from discussing the right of peoples to self-determination through secession and instead investigates the doctrine of occupation through terra nullius as an aspect of the right of peoples to self-determination. This article contends th