The study of uti possidetis in international law has proceeded without any detailed examination of its application to South Asian borders. Yet, the consequences of uti possidetis in the Indian subcontinent offer critical insight into the legal and functional critique levied against the doctrine. The South Asian experience provides evidence that uti possidetis cannot be considered a norm of regional customary international law, confined to Latin America and Africa. Simultaneously, it provides compelling proof of this doctrine's ruinous impact on self-determination, pointing to its potential for identity-alteration and intrastate violence: consequences that have received scarce attention in legal scholarship. By undertaking a detailed study of the Radcliffe Line in Punjab, this paper makes a prudent attempt to commence filling this gap in the literature by re-centring South Asia in the debate on uti possidetis.

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破碎的边界：后殖民旁遮普邦的边界和身份形成

的研究占有欲在国际法中没有对其在南亚边界的适用进行任何详细审查。然而，后果占有欲在印度次大陆，对针对该学说的法律和功能批评提供了批判性见解。南亚的经验证明占有欲不能被视为区域习惯国际法规范，仅限于拉丁美洲和非洲。同时，它提供了令人信服的证据，证明这一学说对自决的毁灭性影响，指出其可能导致身份改变和州内暴力：法律学术界很少关注的后果。通过对旁遮普邦的拉德克利夫线进行详细研究，本文谨慎地尝试通过将南亚重新集中在关于乌蒂占有。