1 Conquest is a concept of classical international law. Its relevance in contemporary international law will be discussed later in this entry. The Permanent Court of International Justice (‘PCIJ’) defined conquest as ‘a cause of loss of sovereignty when there is war between two States and by reason of the defeat of one of them sovereignty over territory passes from the loser to the victorious State’ (Eastern Greenland Case at 47). Conquest, strictly so-called, is therefore a derivative title of acquisition of territorial sovereignty (Territory, Acquisition) taking...
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