Contested States in War and Law

Introduction: Contested States in War and Law - Janis Grzybowski, Giulia Prelz-Oltramonti & Agatha Verdebout


Part 1: Ambiguous Status and the (Il)legal Use of Force


1. The Ratione Personae Element of the Jus ad Bellum and Taiwan - Christian Henderson


2. The Use of Force against Taiwan as a Contested State: An Analysis of Legality and Great-Power Politics - Ming-chin Monique Chu


3. International Law and the Legitimation of State Violence in the Fourth Eelam War (2006-2009) - Megan Price


4. Russia-Manufactured 'Secessions' in Ukraine: The Attempted Ambiguity of Status, Kosovo and International Law - Julia Miklasova


5. Legitimization of Violence and State Dissolution in Nagorno-Karabakh: A Critical Legal Analysis - Sheila Paylan


Part 2: Vulnerability and Agency on the Ground: People and Institutions Navigating War and Law


6. Contested Statehood, Ambiguities and Volatility: The Effects of Lawfare and Warfare in the Western Sahara Conflict - Irene Fernandez-Molina


7. Hardening Ceasefire Lines in Protracted Secessionist Conflicts: From the Negotiating Table and International Law to Realities on the Ground in the Case of the Abkhaz-Georgian War - Giulia Prelz Oltramonti and Gaelle Le Pavic


8. Sovereign Experimentation by Separatist Insurgencies: A Performative Perspective - Bart Klem


Part 3: Contesting and Constructing States at International Courts


9. Contested States Framed by the European Court of Human Rights - Anne Lagerwall


10. Hide and Seek: Bracketing and Projecting the States of Kosovo and Palestine at International Courts - Janis Grzybowski


Part 4: Conclusions


11. Four Normative Positions on the Contestation of Statehood in War and Law - Bruno Coppieters


12. Speculative Legalities and the Ambiguities of Contested States - Rebecca Bryant


13. The Melancholy Statehood - Martti Koskenniemi