Suveranitate şi autodeterminare în relaţiile internaţionale: Finlanda, Liga Naţiunilor şi contenciosul Insulelor Åland (1919-1920)
Sovereignity and Self-Determination in International Relations: Finland, League of Nations, and the Dispute over the Aland Islands, 1919-20

Summary/Abstract: This article undertakes an analysis of the historical and juridical argumentation brought to the fore by the Finnish experts in the case of the Finnish-Swedish litigation regarding the fate of the Åland Islands (1919-1920) and compares it to the position of the Aaland Commission of Jurists. The empiric study uses the English language materials published in 1919-1920 by Finnish prominent historians and jurists as well as official papers elaborated by the Aaland Commission of Jurists. One of the key findings of this article is that although the conception regarding the sovereignty and domestic jurisdiction was shared in by both the Finnish and international experts, the Commission’s views (based mostly on one of its members, Max Huber’s thinking) about the sociological basis of the international law as embodied in the concept of „transitional situation” to describe the situation of a new state emerging on the international arena generated heated debates and a swift reply from the part of Finnish historians and jurists.

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