Conflict in the Caucasus : Implications for International Legal Order.
Title:
Conflict in the Caucasus : Implications for International Legal Order.
Author:
Waters, Christopher P. M.
ISBN:
9780230241244
Publication Information:
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Physical Description:
179 s.
Series:
Euro-Asian Studies
Euro-Asian Studies.
General Note:
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.
Abstract:
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.