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Territorial Acquisition

Territorial Acquisition is a legal and political process by which a state gains sovereignty over a previously unclaimed or foreign territory through methods such as occupation, annexation, conquest, cession, or prescription, distinguishing it from other jurisdictional claims by the formal and often recognized extension of territorial control.

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2017–2026

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Territorial Rights: Concept and Justification

David Miller · Political Studies · 2011 · 357 citations

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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States

David Greenstein · Journal of American History · 2020 · 326 citations

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Contemporary Processes of Large-Scale Land Acquisition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Legal Deficiency or Elite Capture of the Rule of Law?

Laura German, George C. Schoneveld, Esther Mwangi · World Development · 2013 · 231 citations

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Territorial responses to energy manipulations in the Anna hummingbird

Paul W. Ewald, F. Lynn Carpenter · Oecologia · 1978 · 159 citations

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The acquisition of territory in international law.

Jennings Robert Yewdall · 1963 · 159 citations

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Authors

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  1. RR
    Richard R. Tokarz

    University of Miami, United States

    2 publications · 61 citations

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  2. CC
    C. Cannings

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 36 citations

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  3. GV
    G.T. Vickers

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 36 citations

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  4. MB
    Mark Broom

    University of Sussex, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 36 citations

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  5. AK
    Audrey Kurth Cronin

    American University, United States

    1 publications · 60 citations

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Institutions

53

  1. University of Sussex

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    77 citations

  3. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    396 citations

  4. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    275 citations

  5. The University of Texas at El Paso

    El Paso, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    92 citations

  6. American InterContinental University

    Schaumburg, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  7. Alcoa (United States)

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    37 citations

  8. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

    Silver Spring, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

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Venues

  1. Animal Behaviour

    5 publications · 234 citations

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  2. American Journal of International Law

    AJIL · 3 publications · 131 citations

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  3. World Development

    2 publications · 305 citations

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  4. International Law Reports

    2 publications · 84 citations

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  5. Journal of Theoretical Biology

    2 publications · 36 citations

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