Talk by R. Y. Jennings
Whewell Professor of International Law in the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Jesus College
Whenever territory is transferred from one state to another, by whatever process, the question arises how far the new possessor is bound to honour the obligations incurred by the old. This is the subject of a recently published work by D. P. O'Connell in which he attempts to answer these questions in the light of British practice.