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Arbitral and judicial decisions dealing with territorial land and maritime disputes bear the mark of compromising. They draw boundaries situated between the respective pretentions of the parties and ensure an equitable share of spaces and resources. This phenomenon of compromising symptomatically appears in the jurisprudence dealing with territorial disputes, because of their specific nature, and the geostrategic, economic and emotional factors at stake. It is also due to the remarkable flexibility of applicable norms and principles, which provides a vast power of appreciation to the judge. This study enhances how the content of the decisions is used in order to reach a balanced solution and demonstrates that the international judge focuses on peacekeeping considerations.

Les d cisions arbitrales et judiciaires relatives aux diff rends territoriaux terrestres et maritimes sont marqu es par une tendance transactionnelle. Elles consacrent des trac's frontaliers situ's entre les revendications respectives des parties et assurent plus globalement un quitable partage des espaces et des ressources. Ce ph nom ne de compromis s'exprime symptomatiquement dans la jurisprudence relative aux diff rends territoriaux en raison de la nature de ces litiges et de leurs enjeux g ostrat gique, conomique et motionnel. Il est aussi d la particuli re flexibilit des r gles et des principes applicables. Cette tude t moigne de l'instrumentalisation qui est faite du contenu des d cisions juridictionnelles au profit de solutions quilibr es et d montre que le juge international est avant tout tourn vers la mission pacificatrice de son office.