About Some International Legal Aspects of Understanding of Sovereignty in Scientific Doctrine and Its Ensuring in the Foreign Policy of Great Britain

Problems concerning state sovereignty have been and remain among the main ones in international law, and have become, without a doubt, a characteristic feature of the modern international system. In Great Britain the theoretical understanding of sovereignty in international law has passed its transformation by now. In the researches of famous British international lawyers, a vision of sovereignty in international law corresponding to the modern stage has been formed. It arouses scientific interest. In connection with this topic it is actual in the current period to consider such a sensitive issue for Great Britain as ensuring sovereignty in relation to disputed territories. The article discusses the two historically important subjects for the United Kingdom — the dispute between Great Britain and Mauritius on sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago and the dispute between Great Britain and Argentina on sovereignty over the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands. Each of them has its international legal specifics, and Great Britain has its own international legal views on each of them. In addition, a number of foreign policy events took place to date in relations between Great Britain and those states, concerning disputed territories and deserving scientific interpretation in the overall context.