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10Edith Brown Weiss, et. al., "Symposium: The ILC' s StateResponsibility Articles: Invoking State Responsibility in the Twenty - firstCentury", American Journal of International Law, Vol. 96, October 2002,pp. 807 - 808.
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5Legal Status of Eastern Greenland,P.C.I.J.,Series A/B,No.53,pp.44 f.and 63 f.
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9Arbitral Award on the Subject of the Difference relative to the Sovereignty over Clipperton Island(France v.Mexico),judicial decision rendered at Rome,p.393,28 January,1931.
10Island of Palmas Case(Netherlands/United States of America),Award of 4 April 1928,RIAA,Vol.II (1949),p.855.