Fifty Years of the British Indian Ocean Territory: Legal Perspectives

Stephen Allen and Chris Monaghan, Introduction.- Stuart Lakin, Justifying Bancoult (No 2): Why Justice Hercules Must Sometimes Disappoint Us.- Adam Tomkins, Environmental protection v the right of abode: a case-study in the misuse of power.- Richard Gifford, How Public Law has not been able to provide the Chagossians with a Remedy.- T.T. Arvind, The subject as a Civic Ghost: Law, Dominion, and Empire in the Chagos litigation.- Chris Monaghan, An imperfect legacy: the significance of the Bancoult litigation on the development of domestic constitutional jurisprudence.- C.R.G. Murray and Tom Frost, The Chagossians' Struggle and the Last Bastions of Imperial Constitutionalism.- Ralph Wilde, 'Anachronistic as colonial remnants may be...' Locating the rights of the Chagos Islanders as a case study of the operation of human rights law in colonial territories.- Thomas D. Grant, The Once and Future King: Sovereignty over Territory and the Annex VII Tribunal's Award in Mauritius v. United Kingdom.- Stephen Allen, The Operation of Estoppel in International Law and the Function of the Lancaster House Undertakings in the Chagos Arbitration Award.- David M. Ong, Implications of the Chagos Marine Protected Area Arbitral Tribunal Award for the Balance between Natural Environmental Protection and Traditional Maritime Freedoms.- Sue Farran, Learning from Chagos, Lessons for Pitcairn?.- Amy Schwebel, 'International law and Indigenous Peoples' Rights: What Next for the Chagossians?.- David Snoxell, The Politics of Chagos: Part played by Parliament and the Courts towards resolving the Chagos Tragedy.