Conflict in the Caucasus

Implications for International Legal Order

J. Green, C. Waters, J. Green, C. Waters

• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Año: 2010
• ISBN:
  9780230292413
• Categoría: Economics
• Categoría: Economic Policy

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.

Índice

• Cover
• Conflict in the Caucasus
• Copyright
• Contents
• Map of the Caucasus
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword by S. Neil MacFarlane
• Notes on Contributors
• Introduction
• 1 The Caucasus Conflict and the Role of Law
• 2 Caucuses in the Caucasus: The Application of the Right of Self-Determination
• 3 Passportisation, Peacekeepers and Proportionality: The Russian Claim of the Protection of Nationals Abroad in Self-Defence
• 4 The International Court of Justice and the Provisional Measures Order in the Georgia v Russian Federation Case
• 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
• 6 A ‘Sea of Tiny Houses’: Novel Approaches to Ending Forced Displacement Following the 2008 Russia–Georgia Conflict
• 7 The Battles after the Battle: International Law and the Russia–Georgia Conflict
• Index