03559nam a22005535i 4500 978-3-031-81880-6 DE-He213 20251030114944.0 cr nn 008mamaa 250220s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031818806 978-3-031-81880-6 10.1007/978-3-031-81880-6 doi JA1-92 JP bicssc POL000000 bisacsh JP thema Vasciannie, Stephen. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 79139 Maroon Claims to Sovereignty in Jamaican Territory [electronic resource] / by Stephen Vasciannie. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. VI, 86 p. 1 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda CHAPTER 1 The Prime Minister and the Maroon Chief -- CHAPTER 2 The Maroon Treaty of 1739 -- CHAPTER 3 Post-Treaty Practice in Jamaica -- CHAPTER 4 International Law Considerations -- CHAPTER 5 Regional Precedents. This book is concerned with the Maroons of Accompong Town in Jamaica. Especially within the last five years, these Maroons, who constitute in some measure a distinct cultural group living in the defined area of Accompong Town, have presented reinvigorated claims that they comprise, in law and in fact, an independent state within Jamaica. Under the guidance of their energetic leader, Chief Richard Currie, they have claimed all the rights and duties of a sovereign state, maintaining that they are fully entitled to enjoy these rights under the name “The Sovereign State of Accompong.” Against this background, there is scope for a review of the bases, in national and international law, of the core Maroon claim to statehood, and for the responses that may validly be offered to that claim. This publication addresses the relevant arguments, reviews the historical position of Maroons in Jamaican society and offers conclusions about the status of the Maroon claim. Most existing literature on the Maroons concentrates on Maroon status in history. This book adds to the literature by exploring the legal arguments about Maroon sovereignty in Accompong in national and international law, a topic that is yet to be fully canvassed. Stephen Vasciannie is Professor of International Law at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. Political science. 58714 International relations. 58103 Human rights. 58427 International law. 58292 Politics and International Studies. 70610 International Relations. 58103 Political Science. 58714 Politics and Human Rights. 67284 Public International Law. 57414 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031818790 Printed edition: 9783031818813 Printed edition: 9783031818820 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-81880-6 ZDB-2-POS ZDB-2-SXPI 66739 66739