From Kurdistan to Somaliland, Xinjiang to South Yemen, all secessionist movements hope
to secure newly independent states of their own. Most will not prevail. The existing scholarly …

Thomas D. Grant examines the Great Debate over state recognition, tracing its eclipse, and
identifying trends in contemporary international law that may explain the lingering …

This chapter discusses the political compromises that occurred during the drafting of the
Genocide Convention. The jus cogens prohibition of political genocide is expressed in …

It finally happened. On Tuesday, December 3, 1996, a Honolulu judge struck down a
Hawaiian law permitting only opposite-sex couples to marry, and Hawaii became the first …

This article examines the customary international law3 doctrine of command responsibility.
Its origins and development are traced, as well as the United States practice in applying the …

Human shielding involves the use of persons protected by international humanitarian law,
such as prisoners of war or civilians, to deter attacks on combatants and military objectives …

The concept of belligerency in International Law deals with occurrences of civil war. Certain
conditions of fact, arising during such armed conflicts, classically gave rise to recognition of …

The article examines Russia as a great power from the point of view of status inconsistency
theory. Applications of the theory to Russia have focused on the status accorded to Russia in …

This book analyzes the minority rights legal regimes in India, China, Malaysia, and
Singapore, and places the discussion in the context of a wider debate on human rights in …

Since the turn of the century observers of international society have predicted that small and
medium-sized States will fade from international life. All but the largest polities must, in this …