Self-determination and secession in international law
Walter, Christian,1966-author.
Abushov, KavusContributor
Abushov, KavusEditor
Walter, ChristianContributor
Walter, ChristianEditor
Ungern-Sternberg, Antje vonContributor
Ungern-Sternberg, Antje vonEditor
Recent events in places like Kosovo and Georgia have put the spotlight on the international law of self-determination and secession. However, the definition of these concepts and the conditions for their application are unclear. This book sheds light on the meaning of self-determination and secession, with reference to four key post-Soviet regions.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Recent events in places like Kosovo and Georgia have put the spotlight on the international law of self-determination and secession. However, the definition of these concepts and the conditions for their application are unclear. This book sheds light on the meaning of self-determination and secession, with reference to four key post-Soviet regions.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 8, 2014).
Introduction: Self-determination and secession in international law : perspectives and trends with particular focus on the commonwealth of independent states / Christian Walter and Antje von Ungern-Sternberg -- The Kosovo Advisory Opinion: What it says and what it does not say / Christian Walter -- International law and self-determination: peoples, indigenous peoples, and minorities / Joshua Castellino -- The role of recognition and non-recognition with regard to secession / Stefan Oeter -- Secession and the use of force / Antonello Tancredi -- The principle of uti possidetis juris: How relevant is it for issues of secession? / Anne Peters -- Secession in the CIS: Causes, consequences, and emerging principles / Thomas Burri -- Transnistria / Bill Bowring -- South Ossetia / Christopher Waters -- Abkhazia / Farhad Mirzayev -- Nagorno-Karabakh / Heiko Krüger -- Kosovo / James Summers -- Western Sahara / Sven Simon -- Eritrea / Gregory Fox -- Postcript:  Self-determination, secession and the Crimean Crisis 2014 / Christian Walter.
Commonwealth of Independent States.
Self-determination, National.
Secession.
International law.