Secessionist Entities and International Law

The South Caucasus Disputes Between Self-Determination, Territorial Integrity, and the Quest for a European Engagement Policy
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-68709-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 22, 674 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1114 g

Reihe: Studies in Territorial and Cultural Diversity Governance

This book examines secessionist entities that arose during and after the dissolution process of the USSR and considers them as legal subjects in their own right. By employing a novel and more innovative approach, the agency of these subjects, otherwise often ignored or disregarded, is taken into account. Drawing on the cases of the South Caucasus, the author suggests going beyond the binary concept of statehood and traditional notions of sovereignty. He advocates embracing an inclusive reading of international law, which enables to foster creative ambiguity vis-à-vis these entities as means of conflict transformation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harzl, Benedikt C

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen

Über Autor(innen)

Benedikt C. Harzl is Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Centre of East European Law and Eurasian Studies at the University of Graz. In 2024, he was the Botstiber Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He has published and co-edited on legal issues in the post-Soviet space, including Unrecognized Entities (Brill Nijhoff, 2022).