Contested States in War and Law

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The precarious status of contested states both reflects and begets conflict. From Taiwan to Western Sahara and from Nagorno-Karabakh to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, contested states call into question the standard categories of international law that divide inside and outside, state and non-state, war and rebellion. They inevitably fall in-between them, while alternatively disputing and negotiating their applicability.

Bringing together perspectives from a range of disciplines, the book focuses on some of the most entrenched conflicts around the world. It reveals how different actors, including de facto governments, parent and patron states, local populations, and international courts, navigate the grey zone as they redraw, or work around, the fault lines of war and law.

Contributor: Christian Henderson (Contributions by), Ming-chin Monique Chu (Contributions by), Megan Price (Contributions by), Júlia Miklasová (Contributions by), Sheila Paylan (Contributions by), Irene Fernández-Molina (Contributions by), Gaëlle Le Pavic (Contributions by), Bart Klem (Contributions by), Anne Lagerwall (Contributions by), Rebecca Bryant (Contributions by), Bruno Coppieters (Contributions by), Martti Koskenniemi (Contributions by), Janis Grzybowski (Edited by), Giulia Prelz Oltramonti (Edited by), Agatha Verdebout (Edited by)

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