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List of contents
- 1: Christian Walter, Antje von Ungern-Sternberg, Kavus Abushov: Introduction
- Part I: General Issues of Self-Determination and Secession
- 2: Joshua Castellino: International Law and Self-determination: Peoples, Minorities, and Indigenous Peoples
- 3: Stefan Oeter: The Role of Recognition and Non-Recognition with Regard to Secession
- 4: Antonello Tancredi: Secession and Use of Force
- 5: Anne Peters: The Principle of "Uti Possidetis Juris": How Relevant Is It for Issues of Secession?
- 6: Christian Walter: Recent Developments: The Kosovo Advisory Opinion: What It Says and What It Does Not Say
- 7: Thomas Burri: Secession in the CIS: Causes, Consequences, and Emerging Principles
- Part II: Case Studies from the Commonwealth of Independent States
- 8: Bill Bowring: Transnistria
- 9: Christopher Waters: South Ossetia
- 10: Farhad Mirzayev: Abkhazia
- 11: Heiko Krüger: Nagorno-Karabach
- Part III: Comparative Studies
- 12: James Summers: Kosovo
- 13: Sven Simon: Western Sahara
- 14: Gregory Fox: Eritrea
About the author
Christian Walter is Professor of Law at the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität, Munich. Previously, he worked as a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and Public International Law, Heidelberg, clerked at the German Federal Constitutional Court, and was as a professor of law at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena and at the Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität, Münster. His research focuses on general questions of Public International Law, Comparative Law, and Law and Religion.; Antje von Ungern-Sternberg is Lecturer of Law at the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität, Munich. After graduating in law and history, she worked as an academic assistant at the Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, and clerked at the German Federal Constitutional Court. Her research interests include general questions of Public International Law, Comparative Law, and Law and Religion.
Kavus Abushov is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Baku. He received his PhD in political science from the Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität, Münster. He has taught at the University of Münster and held guest lectures at Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, MIT, University of Toulouse, and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. His research interests include international relations theory and foreign policy analysis, international relations, and transition processes of the post-Soviet space.
Summary
Recent events in places like Kosovo and Geogia 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.
