Conflict in the Caucasus: Implications for International Legal Order

by J. Green (Editor), C. Waters (Editor)

Overview

Thisbook 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230241244
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/20/2010
Series:	Euro-Asian Studies Series
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	179
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

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 The International Court of Justice and Self-Defence in International Law, 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, UK. In 2006-07 he was a Visiting Research Fellow in the 'Changing Character of War' program at the University of Oxford. His publications include Counsel in the Caucasus and The State of Law in the South Caucasus.

Table of Contents

Map of the Caucasus viii

Acknowledgements ix

Foreword S. Neil MacFarlane x

Notes on Contributors xii

Introduction James A. Green Christopher P. M. Waters 1

1 The Caucasus Conflict and the Role of Law Christopher P. M. Waters 8

2 Caucuses in the Caucasus: The Application of the Right of Self-Determination Robert McCorquodale Kristin Hausler 26

3 Passportisation, Peacekeepers and Proportionality: The Russian Claim of the Protection of Nationals Abroad in Self-Defence James A. Green 54

4 The International Court of Justice and the Provisional Measures Order in the Georgia v Russian Federation Case Sandy Ghandhi 80

5 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 Bill Bowring 114

6 A 'Sea of Tiny Houses': Novel Approaches to Ending Forced Displacement Following the 2008 Russia-Georgia Conflict Anneke Smit 136

7 The Battles after the Battle: International Law and the Russia-Georgia Conflict Christoph H. Stefes Julie A. George 153

Index 177