Netherlands yearbook of international law 2016: the changing nature of territoriality in international law - 47

'Netherlands Yearbook of International Law' was first published in 1970.

It offers a forum for the publication of scholarly articles of a conceptual nature in a varying thematic area of public international law.

International law holds a paradoxical position with territory.

Most rules of international law are traditionally based on the notion of State territory, and territoriality still significantly shapes our contemporary legal system.

At the same time, new developments have challenged territory as the main organising principle in international relations.