POL250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Contiguity, Terra Nullius
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For the wikipedia assignment no longer than 2 single-spaced pages. For 1st part of the book things to focus on: The first settlement of the norse in the north, the decline of euro settlements. And then the first expeditions, the hope given to the euros that there may be a quick route to asia. Sovereignty it is the ability to control an area, there is territorial sovereignty, and sovereignty of the self. That means you control the geography around you, or you control your image the. De jure: when you have rights to control the territory and other states acknowledge it. De facto: when you don"t have de jure, but you have military power and force in the area to control it.
