| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 318 pages) |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Self-determination, National.
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Secession.
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Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Autonomy.
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International law.
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LAW -- International.
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Autonomy
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International law
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Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Secession
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Self-determination, National
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Walter, Christian, 1966- editor
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Ungern-Sternberg, Antje von, 1974- editor.
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Abushov, Kavus, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780191772139 |
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0191772135 |
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9780191006913 |
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0191006912 |
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