The competing theories of state recognition and their failings actively demonstrate that
recognition of a state does not have any normative content per se, but rather, that the rules of …

This book explains the exceptional nature of the East Timor intervention of 1999, and deals
with the background to the trusteeship role of the UN in building the new polity. All of these …

The intensive debate about the legality of NATO air strikes from March to June 1999 in the
context of use of force, Chapter VII competences and humanitarian intervention1 including …

The United States recognizes the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR)-hereinafter referred to
as" Tibet"-to be part of the People's Republic of China. The preservation and development of …

Hindsight always appears better than foresight. Hopefully, the reexamination of past events
will provide lessons for the future. Recent media reports have analyzed the genocide in …

Demands for self-determination—the right to choose—emphasize justice, liberty, and
freedom from authoritarian rule. As a global phenomenon, claims for self-determination …

Yaël Ronen analyses the international legal ramifications of illegal territorial regimes,
namely the illegal annexation of territory or illegal declarations of independence, by …

Human history demonstrates an endemic cycle of war and peace: war causing disastrous
damage to human lives and peace meaning no more than an absence of war. At the end of …

edited by Władysław Czapliński and Agata Kleczkowska The book discusses a variety of
issues related to two important international law institutions: international legal personality …

UNILATERAL NON-COLONIAL SECESSION AND INTERNAL SELF-DETERMINATION: A RIGHT
OF NEWLY SECEDED PEOPLES TO DEMOCRACY? Glen Anderson Page 1 UNILATERAL …