Reviewed case brief
Legal Status of Eastern Greenland (Denmark v Norway)
PCIJ Series A/B No 53 (1933)
## Summary
- Court
- Permanent Court of International Justice
- Year
- 1933
- Subjects
- Public International Law
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-18
Rule established
A claim to sovereignty requires intention and will to act as sovereign together with actual exercise of authority; in thinly populated or uninhabited territories, modest acts of administration suffice.
Facts
Issues
Held
Ratio decidendi
How to use it in an exam
Editorial source
PCIJ Series A/B No 53 (1933); verified via PCIJ records
Educational summary only. Read the reported judgment or an authorised law report before relying on the case professionally.