Green / Waters Conflict in the Caucasus

Implications for International Legal Order
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-29241-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 179 Seiten

Reihe: Euro-Asian Studies

This book addresses multiple aspects of the conflict between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia in August 2008, including the use of force, human rights, transnational litigation and international law 'rhetoric'. The particulars of the conflict are explored alongside their wider implications for international order.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Green, J.

Waters, C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction The Caucasus Conflict and the Role of Law Caucuses in the Caucasus: The Application of the Right of Self-Determination Passportization, Peacekeepers and Proportionality: The Russian Claim of the Protection of Nationals Abroad in Self-Defence The International Court of Justice and the Provisional Measures Order in the Georgia v. Russian Federation Case Georgia, Russia and the Crisis of the Council of Europe: Inter-State Applications, Individual Complaints, and the Future of the Strasbourg Model of Human Rights Litigation A 'Sea of Tiny Houses': Novel Approaches to Ending Forced Displacement Following the 2008 Russia-Georgia Conflict The Battles after the Battle: International Law and the Russia-Georgia Conflict

Über Autor(innen)

JAMES A. GREEN is a Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Reading, UK. He was previously a researcher at the universities of Nottingham and Michigan. He is the author of , which was awarded the Francis Lieber Prize for an exceptional work in the field of law and armed conflict.
 
CHRISTOPHER WATERS is the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, Canada. In 2006-07 he was a Visiting Research Fellow in the 'Changing Character of War' programme at the University of Oxford. His publications include and