International Territorial Administration

The book is the first comprehensive treatment of the reasons why international organizations have engaged in territorial administration, from the League of Nations in Danzig during the inter-war period, to the UN in East Timor recently, and Kosovo today. It describes the role of international territorial administration, and analyses the various purposes associated with this activity, such as settling disputes over sovereignty. This book reveals the objectives which territorial administration seeks to achieve, and establishes the commonalities and differences between the various administration projects to date.