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Guernsey

Location English Channel, in N Atlantic Ocean
Latitude and longitude  49 28 N, 2 35 W
Sovereignty British Crown Dependency
United Nations member? No
Political status notes Officially, "Bailiwick of Guernsey"; includes islands of Alderney, Herm, and Sark
Population  64,080
Census notes est. July 2000
Land area in square kilometers 194
Capital  Saint Peter Port

Sources and other useful websites

Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
LLRX.Com, Finding the Law: the Micro-States and Small Jurisdictions of Europe: Guernsey, by Andrew Grossman
The States of Guernsey
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook

Selected articles on law and political status

The Channel Islands' Position in International Law, by Richard Plender , in volume 3 of the Jersey Law Review (June 1999)
Offshore Finance: How Safe is the Constitutional Safety Net? Offshore Finance: How Safe is the Constitutional Safety Net?, by St. John Bates, Institute of  Islands Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada (2001): this paper examines " the constitutional relationship of the UK Crown dependencies (Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey) with the Crown and the UK Government; and their consequential relationship with the European Union and international organisations"
The Scope of Guernsey's Autonomy in Law and Practice, by Richard Young, in volume 5 of the Jersey Law Review (June 2001)
The Scope of Guernsey's Autonomy - A Brief Rejoinder, by Jeffrey Jowell, in volume 5 of the Jersey Law Review (October 2001)

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